LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

CheckPoint-LSAC: Biosamples

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2015-2016	2016	2018	2020-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	CheckPoint	7	8	9C
	Age	3-19 months	2-3 years	4-5 years	6-7 years	8-9 years	10-11 years	11-12 years	12-13 years	14-15 years	16-18 years
	N	5107	4606	4386	4242	4085	3764	1874	3381	3127	in progress
Buccal									B:Buc ^P ¹ Total: 1090 B:Buc ^I ² Total: 397 B:Buc ^P ² Total: 387
Dried blood spot									B:Bl-SD ^I Total: 1424 B:Bl-SD ^P Total: 1467
Hair									B:Hair ^I Total: 1390 B:Hair ^P Total: 1312
Nail									B:Nail-T ^I Total: 1586
Plasma									BA:hsCRP ^I BA:hsCRP ^P
Saliva									B:Sal ^I Total: 1366 B:Sal ^P Total: 1385
Urine									BA:hsCRP ^I BA:hsCRP ^P B:Uri ^I Total: 1581 B:Uri ^P Total: 1672
Venous blood									B:Bl-V ^I Total: 1237 B:Bl-V ^P Total: 1373

Featured measurements

Bl-SD: : Blood Spot, Dried sample
Bl-V: : Blood, Venous sample
Buc: : Buccal sample
Hair: : Hair sample
hsCRP: : hsCRP Biomarker analyses protocol
Nail-T: : Nails, Toe sample
Sal: : Saliva sample
Uri: : Urine sample

Notes

Sample collected via take home kits

Sample collected via home visit

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.