French Longitudinal Study of Children
Initiatives
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The priority research themes selected for ELFE were:
* aspects of children’s environment that have undergone the most striking changes over recent decades including: modification of nutritional intake; reduction of physical activity; exposure to emerging exogenous pollutants; new communication technologies; weakening of the traditional family model (notably divorce and step-families); an increased proportion of working women; new patterns of care seeking, due to changes in medical practice and demography;
* the relationship of these changes to the development of cognitive, language and socio-affective skills, educational outcomes, social integration and common childhood diseases;
* the complex interactions between biological, behavioural and social factors.
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- Start Year
- 2002
- End Year
- 2016
- Funding
- National Research Agency Investment for the Future programme (ANR-11-EQPX-0038); French National Institute for Research in Public Health (IRESP TGIR 2009–01 programme); Ministry of Higher Education and Research; Ministry of Environment; Ministry of Health; French Agency for Public Health; Ministry of Culture; and National Family Allowance Fund.
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- Follow-up was intensive in the infancy and pre-school periods (from 2011 to 2015), including telephone interviews of both parents at age 2 months and 1 and 2 years, and one parent (the mother or, if not available, the father) at age 3.5 years. In addition, information on infant feeding was collected every month from age 2 to 10 months via the internet or paper questionnaires. Parents were also given a questionnaire to be completed by the child’s physician at age 2 years. A home visit was organized at age 3.5 years. The results of the medical examination performed at nursery school at age 3 to 4 years were collected (for ELFE children and control children born on the same day). A nursery school-teacher survey was performed when the children were 4 to 5 years old.
Marker Paper
Charles MA, Thierry X, Lanoe JL, Bois C, Dufourg MN, Popa R, Cheminat M, Zaros C, Geay B. Cohort Profile: The French national cohort of children (ELFE): birth to 5 years. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Apr 1;49(2):368-369j. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz227.
PUBMED 31747017
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 18,329
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- 18040 mothers + 18329 babies
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.elfe-france.fr/en/