The 1934-66 Mysore Birth Records Cohort

            
            Start year: 1993
        
            Birth and Maternal Cohort
        
            National
        
            Retrospective

Participants

                            1,069
                        
Gender
Men & Women

Study overview

Overview

Study title: The 1934-66 Mysore Birth Records Cohort
Participants enrolled: 1,069
Lead institute: CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital (HMH)
Principal investigator (PI): Kumaran Kalyanaraman (University of Southampton)
Principal investigator profile: Open profile
Study design: Retrospective
Location: Karnataka (Mysore)
Single / multiple sites: Single Site
Key highlights: The study focuses on establishment and detailed description of a unique and long-standing birth cohort. It investigate the natal effects on ageing and health, contributing significantly to the field of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD).
Reference paper 1: The 1934–66 Mysore Birth Records Cohort in South India | International Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic

Published Year

2015

Insights & criteria

Insights

Inclusion criteria: Matched birth record and Born in Holdsworth Memorial Hospital idurig 1934-1966 and Consented
Socio‑demographic / economic: Urban Setting and Lower- Middle Strata
Recruitment and timeline: 1993-2001
Follow‑up: 1996-97- for cardiac dimension and arterial compliance
2003-04- Incidence of diabetes and CHD
2017- Mysore studies of Natal effects on Ageing and Health (MYNAH) study
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Risk, Birth, DOHaD

Details

Gender: Men & Women
Scope: National
Category: Birth and Maternal Cohort