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01-01-2019 | Original Article

Higher mortality in women living in high-participation areas of a population-based health check and lifestyle intervention study

Authors: Anne Mette Bender, Torben Jørgensen, Charlotta Pisinger

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Objectives

The aim was to study whether the effects of a population-based health check and lifestyle intervention differed according to study participation rate.

Methods

All 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.

Results

In 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.

Conclusions

The 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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Title: Higher mortality in women living in high-participation areas of a population-based health check and lifestyle intervention study
Authors: Anne Mette Bender
Torben Jørgensen
Charlotta Pisinger
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1179-2

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Higher mortality in women living in high-participation areas of a population-based health check and lifestyle intervention study

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