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International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(4):750-754; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi125
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2005; all rights reserved.

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Cohort Profile: The Boyd Orr lifegrid sub-sample—medical sociology study of life course influences on early old age

David Blane

Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, UK. E-mail: dblane@imperial.ac.uk

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   How did the study come about?
 
The study had its origins in Sir John Boyd Orr's 1937–39 study of the diet and health of British children. In the mid-1990s, the surviving study participants were traced to their present-day locations by means of the National Health Service Central Register (for details, see linked article).1 This follow-up after 60 years was organised by Stephen Frankel, George Davey Smith, and David Gunnell, in pursuit of their interest in life course influences on adult health—an interest that had developed in the context of the then current work on birthweight and later health by David Barker and his colleagues.

In 1996, the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded intensive study of a stratified random sample of the surviving members of the full Boyd Orr cohort. This funding was a part of the ESRC Research Programme Social Variations in Health. The study was lead by David Blane and George . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   What does the study cover—and how has this changed?
 

   Who is in the sample?
 

   How often have they been followed up?
 

   What has been measured?
 

   What is attrition like?
 

   What has it found—key findings and publications?
 
Accumulation of disadvantage
Health
Nutrition
Quality of life
Methodology

   What are the main strengths and weaknesses?
 

   Can I get hold of the data—where can I find out more?
 

   Complete list of publications
 

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