LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

BIS: Anthropometrics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2010-2013	2010-2013	2010-2013	2010-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2012-2014	2012-2015	2014-2016	2020-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Age	1st and 2nd trimester	3rd trimester	Birth/perinatal	4 weeks	3 months	6 months	9 months	12 months	18 months	2 years	4 years	7-9 years
	N	1158 mothers enrolled	1158 mothers enrolled	1074 eligible infants	984		927		894		823	909	In progress
Abdominal circumference						O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I			O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I
Anogenital distance						O:BIS ^I
Birth abdominal circumference					O:BIS ^I
Birth head circumference					O:BIS ^I L:VPDC ^I
Birth length					O:BIS ^I
Birth weight			P:NCS ^I		O:BIS ^I L:VPDC ^I
Body composition														O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I
Head circumference						O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I			O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I
Height			O:TIHS ^M P:NCS ^M			O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F				O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F		P:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I
Infant length						O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I
Mid upper arm circumference					O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I			O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I
Skin-fold thickness					O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I			O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I
Thigh circumference					O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I			O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^I
Waist circumference						O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F				O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F				O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I
Weight			O:TIHS ^M P:NCS ^M			O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^I		O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I		P:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I	O:BIS ^M O:BIS ^F O:BIS ^I

Featured measurements

BIS: : Barwon Infant Study-devised measure
NCS: : National Children's Study-devised measure
TIHS: : Tasmanian Infant Health Survey-devised measure
VPDC: : Victorian Perinatal Data Collection

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.