Table 4 Summary of the aims of the LucKi Birth Cohort Study

LucKi’s aims in preschool- and early school-age:

 1) to study the aetiology and the prognosis of atopic diseases and overweight/obesity

 2) to identify modifiable risk factors for atopic diseases and overweight/obesity

Long (er)-term aims of LucKi:

 3) to study the long-term consequences of early life exposures and acquired lifestyle patterns

 4) to constitute a scientific framework for initialising new (intervention) studies

 5) to build a database containing information on childhood and adulthood well-being and diseases that is relevant to researchers, clinicians and policy makers