Demographics

The Generation R Study is a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until adulthood. The study is designed to identify early environmental and genetic pathways leading to normal and abnormal growth, development and health. An important focus of Generation R is to identify early life determinants of common (mostly non-communicable) diseases in adulthood. Pregnant women living in the Rotterdam area, the Netherlands, were included between 2002 and 2006. After birth, the children and their parents have been followed in multiple assessment waves up until young adulthood.世代R研究（Generation R Study）是一项基于人群的前瞻性队列研究，追踪周期覆盖从胎儿期直至成年阶段。该研究旨在探明调控正常与异常生长、发育及健康状态的早期环境与遗传通路。世代R研究的核心重点之一，是探明成年期常见（以非传染性疾病为主）疾病的生命早期决定因素。2002年至2006年间，研究团队招募了居住于荷兰鹿特丹地区的孕妇作为初始研究对象。产后，研究人员对其子代及其父母开展了多轮评估随访，直至子代进入青年成年阶段。