The Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study

The Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study (UBCoS) started in 2005 when we were first able to combine existing data on a representative and well-defined cohort of 14,192 males and females born in Uppsala from 1915-1929 (the Uppsala Birth Cohort: UBCoS) with information on descendants of the original cohort members obtained from routine registers.

In 2007-2011, the study was further developed by additional data collection in school archives and records from Census 1930 and the period of follow-up was extended till end of year 2009.

The study is unique in investigating intergenerational effects as “forward in time” processes, starting at the beginning of the last century (i.e. well before any of the routine registers were in place). Intergenerational associations can be currently investigated in more than 140,000 study subjects from families spanning up to five generations, including the 14,192 original cohort members, their 22,559 children, 38,771 grandchildren and 25,471 great grandchildren born up to 2009.

Types General population-based cohort
Participant Types No diagnosis
Countries Sweden
Genders Male and Female
Sample sizes 10,000 to 19,999
Ages 0 to 9
Brain related measures
Funtional rating
Anthropometric Height|Weight
Physical
Biological samples
Genotyping
Brain imaging
Brain banking
Lifestyle
Socio-economic Education|Ethnic group|Family circumstances|Income and finances|Martial status|Occupation and employment
Health service utilisation Formal health and social care service utilisation including private care
Institute names Karolinska Institutet|Stockholms Universitet
Current Sample Sizes 10,000 to 19,999

age at recruitment 0
last updated
recruitment period 1994, 2005
estimated current sample size number value 140000
cohort acronym UBCoS
start date 1994, 2005
pi Professor Ilona Koupil
website http://www.chess.su.se/ubcosmg/
contact details Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS)
Dept Public Health Sciences
Stockholms universitet / Karolinska Institutet
SE – 106 91 Stockholm
abstract  The Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study (UBCoS) started in 2005 when we were first able to combine existing data on a representative and well-defined cohort of 14,192 males and females born in Uppsala from 1915-1929 (the Uppsala Birth Cohort: UBCoS) with information on descendants of the original cohort members obtained from routine registers.
funders  Swedish Research Council, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, European Commission
contact email [email protected]
contact phone number +46 73 572 2932
estimated current sample size 100,000 to 499,999
sample sizes 14,192