LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VITALITY: Biosamples

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2014-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2020	2014-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing
	Phase	Baseline	Compliance Monitoring	6 month follow-up	Optional Clinic Visit	Clinical assessment	COVID Immune: Baseline	9 month follow-up	12 month follow-up	COVID Immune: 12 month follow-up	Short Allergy Questionnaire
	Age	6-12 weeks	3-12 months	6 months	6 months	12-18 months	1-5 years	9 months	12 months	2-6 years	12-24 months
	N	in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress		in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress
Blood specimen from newborn			B:NBS ^I
Breast milk			B:BrM ^M			B:BrM ^M	B:BrM ^M
Buccal			B:Buc ^I			B:Buc ^I	B:Buc ^I
Dried blood spot								B:Bl-SD ^I			B:Bl-SD ^I
Faeces			B:Fae ^I			B:Fae ^I	B:Fae ^I
Nasal swab			B:NaS ^M				B:NaS ^I B:NaS ^M
Skin swab			B:Sk-S ^I B:Sk-S ^M				B:Sk-S ^I B:Sk-S ^M
Venous blood						B:Bl-V ^I	B:Bl-V ^I	B:Bl-V ^I			B:Bl-V ^I

Featured measurements

Bl-SD: : Blood Spot, Dried sample
Bl-V: : Blood, Venous sample
BrM: : Breast milk sample
Buc: : Buccal sample
Fae: : Faeces (stool) sample
NaS: : Nasal swab sample
NBS: : Newborn Bloodspot Screening (Guthrie) card sample
Sk-S: : Skin swab sample

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.