Sportcheck Follow-Up

University of Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Childhood Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03085498

EKNZ_258/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study resembles a four-year follow-up on the influence of physical activity and fitness, blood pressure, BMI and stress on vascular health in primary schoolchildren. It examines the predictive value of retinal vessel diameters for the development of childhood hypertension.

Full description

The study aims to examine the usefulness of retinal vessel analysis in childhood cardiovascular prevention. It investigates the long-term influence of physical activity and fitness on retinal vessel diameters, blood pressure, BMI and psychosocial stress in children. The study aims to set new standards for an integrative primary prevention concept to initiate healthy ageing from childhood to adulthood.

Enrollment: 280 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All fifth-graders of public primary schools in Basel-Stadt with an informed consent signed by their parents are included.

Exclusion criteria

• Fifth-graders with motor-or other disabilities that do not allow participation will be excluded.