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Table 3 Assessments in the mothers of the LIFE Child BIRTH cohort

From: The LIFE child study: a life course approach to disease and health

 

24th– 26thweek of gestation

34th- 36thweek of gestation

Delivery

3rd, 6thand 12thmonth postpartum

Anthropometry

· Weight

· Blood pressure

 

· Weight

· Height and sitting height

· Height and sitting height

· Head, arm, leg, waist, neck and hip circumference

· Head, arm, leg, waist, neck and hip circumference

· Blood pressure

· Blood pressure

Imaging

· 3D-Bodyscan

· 3D-Bodyscan

 

· 3D-Bodyscan

· Ultrasound data of fetal size

· Ultrasound data of fetal size

Biological samples

· Blood, urine and hair

· Blood, urine and hair

· Cord blood, biopsies of the placenta and the umbilical cord

· Blood, urine and hair

· Breast milk

· Oral glucose tolerance test

Clinical exam

· Family history and history of pregnancy

· Follow-up history of pregnancy

 

· Follow-up history of pregnancy

· History of delivery

· Current medications

· Current medications

· Current medications

Questionnaires

· See Table 4

· See Table 4

 

· See Table 4

    

Assessments in the child (see Table 1 )

  1. Evaluations during pregnancy are planned in the 24th - 26th week of gestation and in the 34th - 36th week of gestation. During the first year of their offspring’s life three visits in the study centre are planned.