Born in Scotland in the 2020s - Pilot study

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Pregnancy offers a unique opportunity to positively impact on short- and long-term health outcomes of both the mother and baby and thus to influence the health of the next generation. In this study, we aim to conduct a pilot study to demonstrate the feasibility of establishing a large population study of 100,000 pregnant women and their children, recruited from across the whole of Scotland. The pilot study will pave the way for a new "Born in Scotland in the 2020s" cohort which will gather and safely store routinely collected clinical, health and social data from hospitals, schools and others sources. This confidential data will then be then anonymised so that individual participants cannot be identified before data analysis. We will also store blood and urine samples which are left over and normally thrown away after they have been used for diagnostic purposes. We will link these samples to the other data to establish a unique bioresource which can be used to identify new biomarkers for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our study will allow us to understand the links between early life experiences and later ill health and to identify novel targets for intervention to improve outcomes for pregnant women and their children. The rich and extensive data collected will be a valuable and sustainable resource for researchers in the field.