1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
  Maternal Nutrition and Offspring's Epigenome (MANOE)
Country
 
  • Belgium
Name
  Sara Pauwels
Institution
  KU Leuven
Email
  sara.pauwels@kuleuven.be
Name of committee
  UZ Leuven Ethical Committee
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Is this cohort part of a consortium? (name consortium)
  No
Participation in pooled analyses
 
  • The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).
Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
  To assess the effect of maternal methyl-group donor intake during pregnancy on offspring DNA methylation of obesity related genes
Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Prospective cohort
Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Mother-child cohort
Year(s) of enrollment
 
From To
2011 2019
Enrollment
  Completed
Men at enrollment
  100
Women at enrollment
  214
Children (<18 years) at enrollment
  214
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
 
  • Active (contact with participants)
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Occupational history/time frame
  Current, at enrollment
Occupational coding performed
  Yes
Occupation (specify coding system used)
 
  • ISCO
5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
 
  • Blood
Biological processing
 
  • DNA
Genetic and other lab analyses
 
  • Epigenomics
6. Other Information
 
  • Alcohol
  • Anthropometry
  • Demographics
  • Diet
  • Education
  • Medical history
  • Physical exercise
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Smoking