R: Terneuzen birth cohort

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## Terneuzen birth cohort

### Description

Data of subset of the Terneuzen Birth Cohort data on child growth.

### Format

`tbs` is a data frame with 3951 rows and 11 columns:

id

  Person number

occ

  Occasion number

nocc

  Number of occasions

first

  Is this the first record for this person? (TRUE/FALSE)

typ

  Type of data (all observed)

age

  Age (years)

sex

  Sex 1=M, 2=F

hgt.z

  Height Z-score

wgt.z

  Weight Z-score

bmi.z

  BMI Z-score

ao

  Adult overweight (0=no, 1=yes)

`tbc.target` is a data frame with 2612 rows and 3 columns:

id

  Person number

ao

  Adult overweight (0=no, 1=yes)

bmi.z.jv

  BMI Z-score as young adult (18-29 years)

### Details

This `tbc` data set is a random subset of persons from a much larger collection of data from the Terneuzen Birth Cohort. The total cohort comprises of 2604 unique persons, whereas the subset in `tbc` covers 306 persons. The `tbc.target` is an auxiliary data set containing two outcomes at adult age. For more details, see De Kroon et al (2008, 2010, 2011). The imputation methodology is explained in Chapter 9 of Van Buuren (2012).

### Source

De Kroon, M. L. A., Renders, C. M., Kuipers, E. C., van Wouwe, J. P., van Buuren, S., de Jonge, G. A., Hirasing, R. A. (2008). Identifying metabolic syndrome without blood tests in young adults - The Terneuzen birth cohort. European Journal of Public Health, 18(6), 656-660.

De Kroon, M. L. A., Renders, C. M., Van Wouwe, J. P., Van Buuren, S., Hirasing, R. A. (2010). The Terneuzen birth cohort: BMI changes between 2 and 6 years correlate strongest with adult overweight. PLoS ONE, 5(2), e9155.

De Kroon, M. L. A. (2011). The Terneuzen Birth Cohort. Detection and Prevention of Overweight and Cardiometabolic Risk from Infancy Onward. Dissertation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/the-terneuzen-birth-cohort-detection-and-prevention-of-overweight

Van Buuren, S. (2018). Flexible Imputation of Missing Data. Second Edition. Chapman & Hall/CRC. Boca Raton, FL.

### Examples

    data <- tbc
    md.pattern(data)

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