The European Youth Heart Study—Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Children: Rationale, Aims, Study Design, and Validation of Methods | Zendy

Chris Riddoch | Zendy; Dawn M. Edwards | Zendy; Angie S Page | Zendy; Karsten Froberg | Zendy; Sigmund A. Anderssen | Zendy; Niels Wedderkopp | Zendy; Søren Brage | Zendy; Ashley R Cooper | Zendy; Luís B. Sardinha | Zendy; Maarike Harro | Zendy; Lena Klasson-Heggebø | Zendy; Willem van Mechelen | Zendy; Colin Boreham | Zendy; Ulf Ekelund | Zendy; Lars Bo Andersen | Zendy

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The European Youth Heart Study—Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Children: Rationale, Aims, Study Design, and Validation of Methods

Author(s) -

Chris Riddoch,

Dawn M. Edwards,

Angie S Page,

Karsten Froberg,

Sigmund A. Anderssen,

Niels Wedderkopp,

Søren Brage,

Ashley R Cooper,

Luís B. Sardinha,

Maarike Harro,

Lena Klasson-Heggebø,

Willem van Mechelen,

Colin Boreham,

Ulf Ekelund,

Lars Bo Andersen

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of physical activity and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.787

H-Index - 73

eISSN - 1543-5474

pISSN - 1543-3080

DOI - 10.1123/jpah.2.1.115

Subject(s) - psychosocial , disease , medicine , test (biology) , psychological intervention , environmental health , gerontology , physical therapy , psychiatry , pathology , paleontology , biology

Background: The aim of the European Youth Heart Study (EYHS) is to establish the nature, strength, and interactions between personal, environmental, and lifestyle influences on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in European children. Methods: The EYHS is an international study measuring CVD risk factors, and their associated influences, in children. Relationships between these independent factors and risk of disease will inform the design of CVD interventions in children. A minimum of 1000 boys and girls ages 9 and 15 y were recruited from four European countries—Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Portugal. Variables measured included physical, biochemical, lifestyle, psychosocial, and sociodemographic data. Results: Of the 5664 children invited to participate, 4169 (74%) accepted. Response rates for most individual tests were moderate to high. All test protocols were well received by the children. Conclusions: EYHS protocols are valid, reliable, acceptable to children, and feasible for use in large, fi...

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