The 1969–73 Vellore Birth Cohort Study

            
            Start year: 1969
        
            Birth and Maternal Cohort
        
            National
        
            Longitudinal

Participants

                            20,626
                        
Gender
Women

Study overview

Overview

Study title: The 1969–73 Vellore Birth Cohort Study
Participants enrolled: 20,626
Lead institute: Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore
Principal investigator (PI): B Antonisamy (CMC, Vellore)
Principal investigator profile: Open profile
Study design: Longitudinal
Location: Tamil Nadu (Vellore)
Single / multiple sites: Single Site
Key highlights: The study was designed to quantify the scale of the problems of low birth weight, pre‑term delivery, and infant mortality in the Vellore population, and evaluate key causal prenatal and perinatal factors influencing these outcomes.
Reference paper 1: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyn159

Published Year

2008

Insights & criteria

Insights

Inclusion criteria: Non Pregnant Married Women
Exclusion criteria: Already Pregnant
Socio‑demographic / economic: Urban and Rural Setting
Recruitment and timeline: 1969-1973
Follow‑up: (1969-1974) Pregnancy (Every 5 weeks) to birth up to 1 Year
(1977-1980) 6-8 years
(1982-1988) 10-15 years
(1998-2002) 26-38 years
Keywords: Birth, Infant Mortality

Details

Gender: Women
Scope: National
Category: Birth and Maternal Cohort