Cohort Descriptives

Variable Response
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

Descriptives

Variable type
Aberdeen Children of the 1950s
ACONF
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.
12150
University of Aberdeen
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
Aberdeen
www.abdn.ac.uk/birth-cohorts/1950s/
Professor Shantini Paranjothy
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
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
One follow by postal questionnaire
Research team
n/a
Individually
No
n/a
n/a
One
7183
1962
No end date
Yes
No
Born in Aberdeen 1950 - 56
n/a