DFBC

https://www.hongerwinter.nl/

Description

The cohort was set up to investigate the effects of acute maternal undernutrition during specific stages of gestation on the offspring’s adult health. The main outcomes of interest of the DFBC are chronic cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, ageing

General Design

Type: Cohort study
Cohort type: Birth cohort
Data collection type: Retrospective, Prospective
Design: Longitudinal
Start/End data collection: 1994 until 2021
Design paper: Cohort profile: the Dutch famine birth cohort (DFBC)—a prospective birth cohort study in the Ne

Population

Countries: Netherlands (the)
Number of participants: 2414

Organisations

Lead organisations

Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)
Netherlands (the)

Additional organisations

Amsterdam University Medical Centers - location AMC (Amsterdam UMC)
Netherlands (the)
https://www.amc.nl/

Contributors

Susanne de RooijAmsterdam University Medical Centers - location AMCs.r.derooij@amsterdamumc.nl
Principal Investigator

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Name	Description	Participants	Start end year

Datasets

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Networks

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LongITools health & environment dynamics
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Publications

Cohort profile: the Dutch famine birth cohort (DFBC)—a prospective birth cohort study in the Ne

The developmental origins of ageing: study protocol for the Dutch famine birth cohort study on ageing

Access conditions

1. Submit a DFBC project proposal (s.r.derooij@amsterdamumc.nl) 2. Approval of the project 3. Sign a data access agreement (DAA) 4. Data access with credentials (via DATASHIELD)

1. Submit a DFBC project proposal (s.r.derooij@amsterdamumc.nl) 2. Approval of the project 3. Sign a data access agreement (DAA) 4. Data access with credentials (via DATASHIELD)...

Data access conditions: health or medical or biomedical research
Release type: Other release type
Release description: upon completion of fu
Linkage options: no

Funding & Acknowledgements

Funding: The Dutch famine birth cohort study has been funded by the Diabetes Fonds (The Netherlands, Grant Number NA), the Netherlands Heart Foundation ((NHS2001B087, NHS2007B083), The European Science Foundation (EUROSTRESS-DOME project), the European Commission (Brainage (Seventh Framework Programme Project 279281), Dynahealth (Horizon 2020 Project 633595), Longitools (Horizon 2020 Project 874739), Well-being (UK, Grant Number NA), the Medical Research Council (UK, Grant Number NA), the Dutch Research Council (NWO Aspasia Project 015014039) and the Academic Medical Centre (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Grant number NA). We declare no conflict of interest.
Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the members of the Dutch famine birth cohort for their participation in our studies. We would also like to thank all researchers and other staff who have worked with us on study design, data collection, assessments, analyses and drafting of manuscripts.