Association between participation in the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts and cardiometabolic disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We studied the association between participation in the longitudinal follow-up study and cardiometabolic disorders in two longitudinal studies which started prospectively in the antenatal period: the Northern Finland Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966) and the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (NFBC1986). Both birth cohorts have been followed up since birth with multiple follow-ups including questionnaires, and clinical examinations.

Methods

The NFBC studies were compared to comparison cohorts of individuals who were born in the same area as the study cohorts, but in different years. The data for the comparison cohort were obtained from registers. The cumulative incidence rates of hospital-treated cardiometabolic disorders were calculated for study and comparison cohorts cove

SUBMITTER: Kerkela M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature