Trial reportInternational journal of public health2019
Higher mortality in women living in high-participation areas of a population-based health check and lifestyle intervention study.
Trial report in International journal of public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of general health checks in adults: A systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Potential of earlier primary care health checks for prevention of cardiovascular events in younger age groups: population-based study in the United Kingdom.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring targeted preventive health check interventions - a realist synthesis.BMC public health · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim was to study whether the effects of a population-based health check and lifestyle intervention differed according to study participation rate.
methodsAll persons living in 73 areas of Copenhagen County, Denmark, were included in the Inter99 randomized trial in 1999 (intervention group n = 11,483; control group n = 47,122). All persons in the intervention group were invited for health checks and were offered lifestyle counseling if they were at high risk of ischemic heart disease. Areas were divided into low 35-49%, middle 50-54% and high ≥ 55% health check participation. All persons were followed in registers for 10-year cause-specific mortality.
resultsIn high-participation areas, there was a significantly higher risk of lifestyle-(HR 1.37 [1.04, 1.79]) and cancer-related deaths (HR 1.47 [1.08, 2.02]) among women in the intervention group than control group. Regarding smoking-related cancer deaths, differences were even more pronounced. Among men, no significant difference in mortality was seen between control and intervention groups.
conclusionsThe results of this paper suggest that among women, the health check and lifestyle intervention may increase the risk of lifestyle and cancer-related deaths.
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