Profile of three Brazilian birth cohort studies in Ribeirão Preto, SP and São Luís, MA



Título del documento: Profile of three Brazilian birth cohort studies in Ribeirão Preto, SP and São Luís, MA
Revista: Brazilian journal of medical and biological research
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000351867
ISSN: 0100-879X
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Departamento de Saude Publica, Sao Luis, Maranhao. Brasil
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Periodo: Sep
Volumen: 40
Número: 9
Paginación: 1165-1176
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés We describe three birth cohort studies, respectively carried out in 1978/79 and 1994 in Ribeirão Preto, a city located in the most developed region of Brazil, and in 1997/98 in São Luís, a city located in a less developed region. The objective of the present report was to describe the methods used in these three studies, presenting their history, methodological design, objectives, developments, and difficulties faced along 28 years of research. The first Ribeirão Preto study, initially perinatal, later encompassed questions regarding the repercussions of intrauterine development on future growth and chronic adult diseases. The subjects were evaluated at birth (N = 6827), at school age (N = 2861), at the time of recruitment for military service (N = 2048), and at 23/25 years of age (N = 2063). The study of the second cohort, which started in 1994 (N = 2846), permitted comparison of aspects of perinatal health between the two groups in the same region, such as birth weight, mortality and health care use. In 1997/98, a new birth cohort study was started in São Luís (N = 2443), capital of the State of Maranhão. The 1994 Ribeirão Preto cohort and the São Luís cohort are in the second phase of joint follow-up. These studies permit comparative temporal analyses in the same place (Ribeirão Preto 1978/79 and 1994) and comparisons of two contrasting populations regarding cultural, economic and sociodemographic conditions (Ribeirão Preto and São Luís)
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Pediatría,
Salud pública,
Estudios de cohorte,
Salud perinatal,
Epidemiología,
Factores sociodemográficos
Keyword: Medicine,
Pediatrics,
Public health,
Cohort studies,
Perinatal health,
Epidemiology,
Sociodemographic factors
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