Tailoring an existing lifestyle intervention to improve components of the metabolic syndrome in individuals with low SES from different ethnic origins

Completed

Conditions: Cardiovasculaire risicofactoren
Abdominal obesity
overweight

Registration Number: NL-OMON36980

Lead Sponsor: Wageningen Universiteit

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 252

Inclusion Criteria

- Age 30-70 years
- Living in deprived neighbourhood
- Dutch, Turkish or Moroccan ethnicity
- Elevated waist circumference (>=94cm for men and >=80cm for women)
- Sufficient fluency in the Dutch language

Exclusion Criteria

- Treatment for known hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus type 2, cardiovascular diseases and/or chronic renal failure (medication use)
- High value for systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides, total or LDL cholesterol
- Any mental or physical disability that will hinder participation in the lifestyle intervention
- Participation in another regular vigorous exercise and/or diet programme targeting weight loss
- Pregnant or lactating

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary outcome is the change in waist circumference. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary outcomes are the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and the change in<br /><br>the values of the other components of the metabolic syndrome (fasting<br /><br>triglycerides, HDL cholesterol and glucose, and blood pressure). In addition<br /><br>other relevant risk factors for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and<br /><br>kidney failure will be measured, i.e. HbA1c, BMI (weight and height), hip<br /><br>circumference, total cholesterol, body fat percentage and medication use.</p><br>