NCT03228875Recruiting

Boston Birth Cohort Study

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Start Date

10/1/1998

Completion Date

12/1/2028

Summary

Early life exposures may lead to adverse effects on health in later life. The Boston birth Cohort study is designed to study a broad array of early life factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes.

Detailed Description

Any woman admitted to the Labor and Delivery floor at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) who delivers a singleton live infant and meets our case (gestational age \<37 weeks or birthweight \<2,500 grams) or control (full term birth with birthweight \>2,500 grams) criteria will be eligible. Postnatal follow-up of enrolled mother-child pair is conducted from birth to age 21 years. The Boston Birth Cohort has high-quality biospecimen collection, and comprehensive epidemiological, clinical, and environmental exposure data via standardized questionnaire interview, measurements, and review of the electronic medical records.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: No minimum to 50 years

Inclusion Criteria: * Mothers who deliver singleton live births at Boston Medical Center are eligible for the study. Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancies that are a result of in vitro fertilization or that involve multiple gestations, fetal chromosomal abnormalities or major birth defects.

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Conditions

Maternal HealthChild HealthPregnancy ComplicationsBirth Outcome, Adverse

Locations

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts 02118

United States