Study on Nutrition and Cardiovascular Risk in Spain.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Registration Number
- NCT01133093
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the distribution, awareness and control of main cardiovascular risk factors in the Spanish population. The main study variables are:
* Lifestyles (tobacco, alcohol, nutrition, physical activity)
* Biological risk factors either well-established (blood lipids, glucose, insulin and blood pressure) or emergent (leptin, C-reactive protein and other markers of inflammation)
- Detailed Description
Data collection comprised 3 sequential stages:
1. computer-assisted telephone interview to obtain information on lifestyle, knowledge and attitudes about cardiovascular disease risk factors, and the signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke, subjective health, and morbidity;
2. first homevisit, to collect blood and urine samples for analysis by a central laboratory;
3. second home visit, to measure anthropometric variables and blood pressure and to administer a computer-assisted dietary history; data on functional limitations are also collected from participants aged 65 years and older.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 11991
- Non-institutionalized Spanish resident
- 18 years and over
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health-related quality of life 2 years Cardiovascular Risk Factors Control 2 years Use of health care services 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
🇪🇸Madrid, Spain