WHISTLER

Wheezing Ilnesses Study Leidsche Rijn...

Description

The Wheezing Illnesses Study Leidsche Rijn (WHISTLER) is a prospective birth cohort study including healthy newborns from Leidsche Rijn (Utrecht, the Netherlands). WHISTLER investigates determinants of respiratory illnesses and, in follow-up waves, c...

General Design

Type
Cohort study
Cohort type
Population cohort, Birth cohort
Data collection type
Retrospective, Prospective
Design
Longitudinal
Design description
Prospective birth cohort
Start/End data collection
2002 (ongoing)
Design paper
The Wheezing Illnesses Study Leidsche Rijn (WHISTLER): Rationale and design
PID
https://doi.org/10.71739/vtk8-1p39

Population

Countries
Netherlands (the)
Regions
Utrecht
Number of participants
3014
Population age groups
Infant (0-23 months), Child (2-12 years), Adolescent (13-17 years)
Main medical condition
No main medical condition
Inclusion criteria
  • Age group inclusion criterion
  • Defined population inclusion criterion
Other inclusion criteria
Children born in Leidsche Rijn included before the age of two months.
Exclusion criteria
  • Age group inclusion criterion
  • Defined population inclusion criterion
  • Gravidity inclusion criterion
  • Health status inclusion criterion

Organisations

Lead organisations
Additional organisations

Contributors

Available Data & Samples

Data categories

  • Biological samples
  • Survey data
  • Imaging data
  • Physiological/Biochemical measurements
  • Other

Sample categories

  • Blood
  • Fluids and Secretions

Areas of information

  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Lifestyle and behaviours
  • Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
  • Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
  • Symptoms and signs
  • Medication and supplements
  • Health and community care services utilization
  • Physical measures and assessments
  • Laboratory measures
  • Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
  • Preschool, school and work life
  • Physical environment

Subpopulations

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Collection events

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Networks

Part of networks...

  • Welkom bij Health Data Space Utrecht, het portaal dat de regio Utrecht verbindt door onderzoekers en professionals samen te brengen om kennis en data te delen....

Publications

Access conditions

Data access conditions
health or medical or biomedical research
Prelinked
false
Linkage options
LRGP data from the parents was included in WHISTLER when their child was included.