| Cohort Name |
Aberdeen Children of the 1950s |
| Cohort Acronym |
ACONF |
| Study Overview |
The Children of the 1950s study is a longitudinal cohort study managed by the University of Aberdeen. Comprising individuals born in Aberdeen, Scotland (UK) between 1950 and 1956, this cohort is based on over twelve thousand subjects who took part in a detailed survey of all children attending an Aberdeen primary school in December 1962. The data collected include information on birth weight, childhood height and weight, tests of cognition and behavioural disorder, and a range of multi-level socio-economic indicators.
The process of revitalising the cohort was commenced in 1998. The current vital status and whereabouts of 98.5% of the 12,150 subjects with full baseline data was ascertained . A postal questionnaire to all surviving cohort members was distributed in 2001, with a response proportion of 63%. Updates on deaths are received on a regular basis, and linkage to routinely collected hospital admissions and prescriptions is possible. Some contextual work was carried out relating to neighbourhood ,household and school level data. |
| #Subjects at Baseline |
12150 |
| Institution Name |
University of Aberdeen |
| Department Name |
Institute of Applied Health Sciences |
| City |
Aberdeen |
| Study/Database Website |
www.abdn.ac.uk/birth-cohorts/1950s/ |
| Principal Investigator (PI) |
Professor Shantini Paranjothy |
| Key Study References |
Leon DA, Lawlor DA Clark H, Macintyre S. Cohort profile: the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2006;35:549-552; Batty G D, Morton S M B, Campbell D, Clark H, Davey Smith G, Hall M, Macintyre S, Leon D A.
The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort study: background, methods and follow-up information as a new resource for the study of life course and intergenerational influences on health. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2004; 18: 221-239 |
| Population Based Study? |
Yes |
| Family Based Study? |
No |
| Clinical based sample? |
No |
| Is there follow-up data available? |
Yes |
| Were participants included prior to development of dementia (may refer to controls only)? |
Yes |
| Were participants included prior to development of MCI (may refer to controls only)? |
Yes |
| How is data collected? |
One follow by postal questionnaire |
| Who carries out data collection? |
Research team |
| Does this take place in participants' homes or at a central location? |
n/a |
| Do participants take part individually or are families/partners involved? |
Individually |
| Dementia cases ascertained as part of study: |
No |
| Diagnosis based on review of existing clinical data |
n/a |
| Was diagnosis/primary outcomes made blind to exposure variables? |
n/a |
| How many times followed up? |
One |
| # Subjects at Follow-up |
7183 |
| Study start date |
1962 |
| Study end date |
No end date |
| Is study ongoing? |
Yes |
| Is study still recruiting? |
No |
| Inclusion criteria |
Born in Aberdeen 1950 - 56 |
| Exclusion criteria |
n/a |