Boston Birth Cohort Study

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Maternal Health, Child Health, Pregnancy Complications, Birth Outcome, Adverse

In brief

Early life exposures may lead to adverse effects on health in later life. The Boston birth Cohort study is designed to study a broad array of early life factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03228875

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

24000

Starts

1998-10-01

Expected to finish

2028-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-17

Who can join

Age: any, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Mothers who deliver singleton live births at Boston Medical Center are eligible for the study.

You may not qualify if…

• pregnancies that are a result of in vitro fertilization or that involve multiple gestations, fetal chromosomal abnormalities or major birth defects.

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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