Explore data and samples

We have a vast amount of biological samples and phenotypic, environmental, genetic and linkage data gathered from different cohort groups over the past 30 years. There are several ways you can explore this resource.

• Questionnaires
  Participants have completed a large number of questionnaires covering a wide range of topics.
• Clinical measures
  Participants have provided data and samples via hands-on assessment in clinic at multiple time points.
• Biological resources
  Participants have donated a range of samples, including blood, urine, hair, nails, saliva and teeth.
• Data derived from biological samples
  A large amount of information has been derived from our biological resources.
• Linkage to routine health and social records
  Participant data has been linked with a variety of external data sources (for example, GP records and education records).
• Natural and built environment data
  Data have been collected relating to participants natural and built environment. Additional environmental exposure data can be linked using geocoded lifecourse residential addresses.
• Children of the Children of the 90s (G2)
  Many of our original participants have become parents themselves. We are now collecting information about the health and lives of their children (G2), extending ALSPAC to become a unique three-generation study.
• Children of the 90s (ALSPAC) study history
  More than 1,000 boxes of records documenting the ALSPAC study from its early planning stages in the 1980s to the mid 2000s, including hard copies and electronic records.
• Our timeline
  Click to view an interactive timeline of the data which has been collected from the partners of original study mothers at various points throughout the study.