New Delhi Birth Cohort

            
            Start year: 1969
        
            Birth and Maternal Cohort
        
            National
        
            Prospective

Participants

                            20,755
                        
Gender
Women

Study overview

Overview

Study title: New Delhi Birth Cohort
Study link: https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/mrclec/cohorts/mrclec-collaborations-in-india/new-delhi-birth-cohort-study/
Participants enrolled: 20,755
Lead institute: Sunderlal Jain Hospital (SJH) / Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research (SBISR)
Principal investigator (PI): Harshpal Singh Sachdev (SBISR)
Principal investigator profile: Open profile
Study design: Prospective
Location: New Delhi
Single / multiple sites: Single Site
Key highlights: It is one of the oldest and most comprehensive birth cohort studies in India, providing invaluable insights into growth patterns, cardiometabolic risks, and the intergenerational transmission of health traits.
Reference paper 1: https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/51/1/291/6324035

Published Year

2021

Insights & criteria

Insights

Exclusion criteria: Loss at follow up or Data not reliably linked or Withdrew or Pregnant
Socio‑demographic / economic: Urban Setting
Recruitment and timeline: 1969- 1972
Follow‑up: (1969-1972) Birth to 3.5 years
(1973-1980) 1.5 to 11 years
(1983-1991) 10-21 years
(1998-2002) 26-32 years
(2006-2009) 32-37 years
Keywords: Preganancy, Birth, Maternal Health, Cardiometabolic Risk

Details

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