Design, methodology, and baseline of eastern China student health and wellbeing cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the study design, methodology, and cohort profile of the Eastern China Student Health and Wellbeing Cohort Study. The cohort baseline includes (1) targeted disease (myopia, obesity, elevated blood pressure, and mental health) and (2) exposures (individual behaviors, environment, metabolomics, and gene and epigenetics).

Participants

Annual physical examination, questionnaire-based survey, and bio-sampling have been carried out in the study population. In the first stage (2019-2021), a total of 6,506 students in primary schools are enrolled in the cohort study.

Findings to date

Of all the cohort participants, the ratio of male to female is 1.16 among a total of 6,506 student participants, of which 2,728 (41.9%) students are from developed regions and

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173362 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature