To coincide with the 30th anniversary milestone, we ran a clinic called ‘@30’. All participants – original parents, participants in their 30s and Children of the Children of the 90s (COCO90s) were invited to attend.

A staggering 13,000 participants attended making this our biggest data collection yet - and the largest data collection of its kind.

• We’ve been able to capture some fascinating measures and collect thousands of samples – over 9,000 blood, saliva and urine samples alone!
• We carried out over 2,000 CPETs (cardiopulmonary exercise tests) – which means we’ve been able assess your heart and blood circulation at rest and during exercise using our special ‘exercise bike’.  This is useful for identifying causes of shortness of breath or a number of cardiac and respiratory conditions.
• Over 3,000 lung function tests were carried out to measure how well your lungs work and help us monitor any heart or lung conditions over time.
• Scanning over 3,500 livers means we can further monitor the development of your liver as we know from our @ 24 clinic that one in five young adults has evidence of fatty liver disease.
• We are one of only a few studies (in the world) that have captured bone density on this scale – thanks to you, we have over 8,000 full body x-rays using our DEXA scanners.  This data will enable us assess how dense (or strong) your bones are and look for potential health conditions such as osteoporosis.  Capturing these scans at different age points throughout the study has meant we can build up a really unique picture for researchers.
• Over 8,500 hand grip strength tests were used to measure the maximum isometric strength of the hand and forearm muscles.