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Trial reportBMC public health2011

Comparative effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors among a Dutch overweight working population: a randomized controlled trial.

Johanna C Dekkers, Marieke F van Wier, Geertje Am Ariëns, Ingrid Jm Hendriksen, Nico P Pronk, Tjabe Smid, Willem van Mechelen

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04796532 (Home Based or Traditional Class HIIT in Overweight Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04796532 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Home Based or Traditional Class HIIT in Overweight Women: Effects on Physical Activity, Body Composition and Cardio Respiratory Fitness. A 3-arm Randomized Control Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ÉvoraRan2021 to 2022Enrolled90ConditionsOverweight or ObesityArmsHome based HIIT, Traditional HIIT
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Johanna C DekkersEMGO+ Institute and Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. w.vanmechelen@vumc.nl
Marieke F van Wier
Geertje Am Ariëns
Ingrid Jm Hendriksen
Nico P Pronk
Tjabe Smid
Willem van Mechelen
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NLEMGO Institute for Health and Care Research · NLHealth Holland · NLHealthPartners · USInstitute for Atomic and Molecular Physics · NLNetherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOverweight (Body Mass Index [BMI] ≥ 25 kg/m²) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) are associated with increased cardiovascular risk, posing a considerable burden to public health. The main aim of this study was to investigate lifestyle intervention effects on cardiovascular risk factors in healthy overweight employees.

methodsParticipants were 276 healthy overweight employees (69.2% male; mean age 44.0 years [SD 9.2]; mean BMI 29.7 kg/m² [SD 3.1]). They were randomized to one of two intervention groups receiving a six month lifestyle intervention with behavior counseling by phone (phone group) or e-mail (Internet group), or to a control group receiving usual care. Body weight, height, waist circumference, sum of skinfolds, blood pressure, total cholesterol level and predicted aerobic fitness were measured at baseline, at 6 and at 24 months. Regression analyses included the 141 participants with complete data.

resultsAt 6 months a significant favorable effect on total cholesterol level (-0.2 mmol/l, 95%CI -0.5 to -0.0) was observed in the phone group and a trend for improved aerobic fitness (1.9 ml/kg/min, 95%CI -0.2 to 3.9) in the Internet group. At two years, favorable trends for body weight (-2.1 kg, 95%CI -4.4 to 0.2) and aerobic fitness (2.3 ml/kg/min, 95%CI -0.2 to 4.8) were observed in the Internet group.

conclusionsThe intervention effects were independent of the used communication mode. However short-term results were in favor of the phone group and long-term results in favor of the internet group. Thus, we found limited evidence for our lifestyle intervention to be effective in reducing cardiovascular risk in a group of apparently healthy overweight workers.

trial registrationISRCTN04265725.

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Comparative Effectiveness ResearchLife StyleAdultBody Mass IndexBody Weights and MeasuresCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolControl GroupsCounselingExerciseFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicCholesterol

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PMID21261935
PMCPMC3037864
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