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Child Health CheckPoint: cohort summary and methodology of a physical health and biospecimen module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Susan A Clifford, Sarah Davies, Melissa Wake, Peter S Azzopardi, Louise A Baur, David P Burgner, John B Carlin, Michael Cheung, Terence Dwyer, Ben Edwards, Susan Ellul, Alanna N Gillespie, Lisa Gold, Anneke C Grobler, Jessica A Kerr, Kate Lycett, Katherine Lange, Fiona K Mensah, Timothy S Olds, Sarath Ranganathan Show all
BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC) is Australia's only nationally representative children's longitudinal study, focusing on social, economic, physical and cultural impacts on health, learning, social and cognitive development. LSAC's first decade collected wide-ranging repeated psychosocial and administrative data; here, we describe the Child Health CheckPoint, LSAC's dedicated biophysical module. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: LSAC recruited a cross-sequential sample of 5107 infants aged 0-1 year and a sample of 4983 children aged 4-5 years in 2004, since completing seven biennial visits. CheckPoint was a cross-sectional wave that ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
Awarded by Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
Awarded by National Heart Foundation of Australia
Awarded by Financial Markets Foundation for Children
Awarded by Victoria Deaf Education Institute
Awarded by NHMRC
Awarded by National Heart Foundation of Australia: Honorary Future Leader Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (Project Grants 1041352, 1109355), The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-241), the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), The University of Melbourne, the National Heart Foundation of Australia (100660), Financial Markets Foundation for Children (2014-055, 2016-310) and the Victoria Deaf Education Institute. The urinary albumin and creatinine quantification was funded through NHMRC Program Grant 633003 Screening and Test Evaluation Program. The following authors were supported by the NHMRC: Senior Research Fellowships to MW (1046518) and DPB (1064629); Career Development Fellowship to FKM (1111160); Early Career Fellowship to KLy (1091124) and LG (1035100). The following authors were supported by the National Heart Foundation of Australia: Honorary Future Leader Fellowship to DPB (100369); Postdoctoral Fellowship to KLy (101239). MW is supported by Cure Kids New Zealand. The MCRI administered the research grants for the study and provided infrastructural support (IT and biospecimen management) to its staff and the study, but played no role in the conduct or analysis of the trial. DSS played a role in study design; however, no other funding bodies had a role in the study design and conduct; data collection, management, analysis and interpretation; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.