title: Cohort Profile: the international childhood cardiovascular cohort (i3C) consortium.
abstract: This is a consortium of large children's cohorts that contain measurements of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in childhood and had the ability to follow those cohorts into adulthood. The purpose of this consortium is to enable the pooling of data to increase power, most importantly for the follow-up of CVD events in adulthood. Within the consortium, we hope to be able to obtain data on the independent effects of childhood and early adult levels of CVD risk factors on subsequent CVD occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. terry.dwyer@mcri.edu.au
authors.forename: Terence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Costan G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Magnussen
authors.forename: Olli T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Raitakari
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Schork
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venn
authors.forename: Trudy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Juonala
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinberger
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sinaiko
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Prineas
authors.forename: Patricia H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Jessica G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sathanur R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Jorma Sa
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Viikari
authors.forename: Gerald S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Berenson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult