The Jiaxing Birth Cohort in China

Launched by ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY · Jul 11, 2017

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ClinConnect Summary

The Jiaxing Birth Cohort (JBC) study is a large research project taking place in the Jiaxing area of China. It aims to understand how certain factors during pregnancy and early childhood feeding practices affect children's growth and health, specifically looking at issues like childhood obesity and anemia. Between 1999 and 2013, over 338,000 mother-child pairs were enrolled, and researchers followed up with these families at various stages from the child's infancy up to around age 7. This helps them gather important information about how children develop during these early years.

To participate in this study, mothers need to be pregnant and have received care at a local hospital in Jiaxing. They should be willing to follow the study’s schedule and keep in touch with researchers about their child's health. Those who are not interested or who have complications like a stillbirth are not eligible. Participants can expect regular follow-up appointments where their child's growth and health will be monitored, helping researchers learn more about the factors that influence childhood health in their community.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Pregnant women came to clinic visit at one of the local hospitals during pregnancy at Jiaxing area
• • 2. Pregnant women were followed up during pregnancy and their children were born alive at local hospital or clinics
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Those who did not want to participant
• • 2. The infant was dead at the birth
• • 3. Those pregnant mothers who dropped out during follow-up at pregnancy or moved out of the Jiaxing area