Open AccessEstablishing a three-generation prospective study: Bogalusa daughters
Author(s) -
Emily W. Harville,
Dorothy Breckner,
Shu Tian,
M.E. Cooper,
Lydia A. Bazzano
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of developmental origins of health and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2040-1752
pISSN - 2040-1744
DOI - 10.1017/s2040174419000357
Subject(s) - offspring , medicine , demography , gerontology , population , black women , pregnancy , pediatrics , environmental health , biology , gender studies , genetics , sociology
The Developmental Origins of Disease hypothesis has spurred increased interest in how prenatal exposures affect lifelong health, while mechanisms such as epigenetics may explain the multigenerational influences on health. Such factors are not well captured within conventional epidemiologic study designs. We explored the feasibility of collecting information on the offspring and grand-offspring of participants in a long-running study.