Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 12/01/2022
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
Born in Bradford
Country
  • United Kingdom
Please provide any other information on the cohort location/s if needed
Bradford, UK
Name
John Wright
Institution
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Email
john.wright@bthft.nhs.uk
Phone
01274 36 4279
Personal website
Website
  • https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/
Name of committee
Bradford Research Ethics Committee
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Or provide website
  • https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/research/
Data access policy (briefly describe)
Requests for existing data and biological samples will be reviewed, prioritised and authorised by the BiB Executive Group. The Investigator should complete an outline proforma available on the Born in Bradford website (borninbradford.nhs.uk) and submit to: borninbradford@bthft.nhs.uk
Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
The cohort was established in 2007 with the broad aims to: describe health and ill health within a multi-ethnic (largely bi-ethnic) economically deprived population; identify modifiable causal pathways that promote well-being or contribute to ill health; develop, design and evaluate interventions to promote health; provide a model for integrating operational, epidemiological and evaluative research into practice within the National Health Service and other health-related systems; and build and strengthen local research capacity in Bradford.
Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Prospective cohort
Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Mother-child cohort
Inclusion criteria
All women planning to give birth at the BRI will be eligible for recruitment, regardless of parity.
Exclusion criteria
The only exclusion criterion for recruitment of a woman will be if she plans to move away from Bradford before the birth.
Enrollment
Completed
Age range at entry (subcohort)
Minimum Maximum Mean Please describe
14 49 27
Men at enrollment
3448
Women at enrollment
12453
Children (<18 years) at enrollment
13858
Men at last follow-up
On-going
Women at last follow-up
On-going
Children (<18 years) at last follow-up
On-going
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Active (contact with participants)
  • Disease incidence records
  • Hospital / physician diagnoses
Comments
Please refer to our study documents on the Born in Bradford webpage (https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/research/study-documents/) for information on data collected and all follow-ups.
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
  • Breath samples
  • Environmental samples
Occupational history/time frame
Current, at enrollment
Occupational coding performed
Yes
Occupation (specify coding system used)
  • NS-SEC
Types of exposure measurements
  • Biomarkers (see also section 5)
  • Personal external sampling
Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Data modelling
  • GIS (other spatial methods)
  • Measurements (external sampling, biomarkers)
  • Self-report
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Biomarker (specify)
  • Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs (specify)
  • Medical records
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Specify: Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs
Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
Specify: Biomarker
Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Biomarker (specify)
  • Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs (specify)
  • Medical records
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
Specify: Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs
Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
Specify: Biomarker
Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Mortality
  • Morbidity
  • Disability
Comments
Born in Bradford collects and has data linkage to a wide range of data, including hospital and GP records. Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary for detailed information: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
  • Blood
  • Urine
Biological processing
  • DNA
Genetic and other lab analyses
  • Biomarkers (specify)
  • Epigenomics
  • Genomics / GWAS
  • Genomics / Other genetics (specify)
  • Metabolomics
Specify: Biomarkers
Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
Specify: Other genetics
Exome sequencing
Comments
Please refer to the Born in Bradford data dictionary: https://borninbradford.github.io/datadict/
6. Other Information
  • Alcohol
  • Anthropometry
  • Demographics
  • Diet
  • Education
  • Environmental, air pollution
  • Medical history
  • Physical exercise
  • Residential history
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Smoking
Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
  • Birth register
  • Hospital discharge
  • Medication usage
  • Mortality register