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Study Design and Participants’ Profile in the Sub-Cohort Study in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)
Authors
Makiko Sekiyama, Shin Yamazaki, Takehiro Michikawa, Shoji F. Nakayama, Hiroshi Nitta, Yu Taniguchi, Eiko Suda, Tomohiko Isobe, Yayoi Kobayashi, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Masaji Ono, Kenji Tamura, Junzo Yonemoto, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Michihiro Kamijima, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
J-Stage
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/32/5/32_JE20200448/_article
PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8979916/
Highlighs
- The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) is a nationwide birth cohort study investigating environmental effects on children’s health and development. A Sub-Cohort Study has measured extended exposure and outcomes by randomly selecting a subgroup from the JECS Main Study.
- Participants are followed up at 1.5 and 3 years old for home visits, and 2, 4, 6 and 8 years old for developmental/medical examination. The details of protocols after age 10 are under discussion.
- Of 10,302 selected children, 5,017 participated. The profiles of the participating mothers, fathers and children did not substantially differ between the Main Study and Sub-Cohort Study.
- The JECS Sub-Cohort Study offers a platform for investigating associations between environmental exposure and outcomes.
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