Early life environment and health data for Orang Asli

This project contains datasets related to: Early life environments shape adult cardiometabolic health during rapid lifestyle change RM Petersen, R Tennyson, TBT A/P Tan Boon Huat, KL Tam, MM Watowich, K Fadzil, C Nicholas, I Sayed, K Ng, YAL Lim, VV Venkataraman, IJ Wallace, TS Kraft, AJ Lea A preprint of this work can be found here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.06.658350v1 Specifically, the data provided here are: 1) Column explanations - Explanations of the columns included in the data files2) Orang Asli data file - De-identified early life environment, current environment, and current health data for Orang Asli These data were collected by the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project (OA HeLP). The project adheres to the “CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance” (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics) and we are committed to the “FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship” (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). To adhere to these principles while minimizing risks, individual-level data are stored under restricted access. The data can be accessed as follows: Requests for de-identified, individual-level data should take the form of an application that details the exact uses of the data and the research questions to be addressed, procedures that will be employed for data security and individual privacy, potential benefits to the study communities, and procedures for assessing and minimizing stigmatizing interpretations of the research results. Requests for de-identified, individual-level data will require a data use agreement (available at lea-lab.org/resources) and may require institutional IRB approval. Please contact [e-mail] with any questions.