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  • Public Health

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  • The Developmental Origins of Disease hypothesis highlights prenatal exposures' impact on lifelong health.
  • Epigenetic mechanisms may mediate multigenerational health influences.
  • Conventional epidemiologic studies often fail to capture these long-term, multigenerational factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the feasibility of collecting multigenerational data in a long-running cohort study.
  • To explore the potential for gathering information on offspring and grand-offspring.
  • To investigate the application of the Developmental Origins of Disease hypothesis across generations.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited daughters (aged 12+) of female participants from the Bogalusa Heart Study.
  • Collected reproductive histories and measured cardiovascular risk factors in daughters.
  • Obtained contact information for potential recruitment of grandchildren.

Main Results:

  • Successfully recruited 274 daughters of 208 mothers.
  • Participation was higher among black women and those with recent maternal involvement.
  • Observed correlations between generations for cardiovascular risk factors (r=0.19–0.39).

Conclusions:

  • It is feasible to contact adult offspring of study participants.
  • Information on grandchildren can be ascertained through offspring.
  • This methodology supports multigenerational health research and the study of disease origins.