F1000Research, Wellcome Open Research, (8), p. 37, 2023
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18782.1
F1000Research, Wellcome Open Research, (8), p. 37, 2023
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18782.2
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ALSPAC is an ongoing population-based, observational study designed to investigate how genetic/environmental characteristics might influence the health/development of children and their parents. It has evolved to facilitate the measurement of many outcomes in the parental cohort. Pregnant women resident in Bristol, UK with expected dates of delivery between April 1991-December 1992 were eligible. 14,541 pregnancies were originally enrolled. Partners of the pregnant women were initially invited to take part by the women with formal enrolment of individuals since 2010. Data has been collected from 12,113 partners, with 3,807 formally enrolled. Data collected to date: 21 questionnaires, clinical follow up in 2012 (mean age: 53 years) and a family-based clinical follow-up currently ongoing (mean age: 63 years). Questionnaires have asked about a wide range of environmental measures, physical/mental health and other phenotypic details at regular timepoints up to 2005, once in 2012 and regularly again since 2018, including six questionnaires completed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical measures include anthropometrics, blood pressure, body composition, cardiovascular health and a fasting blood sample. DNA has been extracted with genome-wide data available on >3,000 partners and exomes on ~1500 trios. The data contributes to one of the most deeply phenotyped birth cohorts in the world, providing trios of data, allowing comparison between parents and offering multi-generational information, and is fully accessible through a managed access process.