Sub-study for the Validation and Calibration of Data Regarding Physical Activity, Anthropometry and Diet

German Institute of Human Nutrition

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03216161

01ER0808

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was an update and amplification of exposure measurements of the EPIC-Potsdam Study, which started in 1994-1998.

Full description

The sub-study was conducted in the German Institute of Human Nutrition according to an approved study protocol.

The study program included comprehensive surveys on diet and lifestyle (smoking, physical activity, and anthropometry). The aim was to achieve repeated measurements in a sub-cohort of about 600 people to validate (measurement error correction) and calibrate (adjustment of insufficient data collected to the actual data location) existing baseline data in the entire cohort (EPIC-Potsdam cohort).

To this end, within age groups and by gender, active EPIC participants were then randomly selected in the years 2009 to 2012 from the cohort, contacted and invited to re-visit the respective study center. 816 subjects were acquired for re-examination, participation rate was 56.4%.

Each participant gave informed consent. The study protocol has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Association of the State of Brandenburg, Cottbus, on 18/12/2009.

The information in this section are study hypothesis and contains no results or conclusions.

Enrollment: 816 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants in the EPIC study who meet the following three conditions were eligible for invitation to the re-examination:

  1. actively participating in the EPIC-Potsdam follow-up
  2. current address in Brandenburg or Berlin
  3. phone number known

Exclusion criteria

• Not meeting the above stated criteria