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Table 3 Assessment of cardiovascular risk markers and health behaviors in the RIGHT Track health study by time point of the study

From: Rationale, design and methods for the RIGHT Track Health Study: pathways from childhood self-regulation to cardiovascular risk in adolescence

Construct/Assessment

T1

T2

YA

Cardivascular Risk Markers

   

 BMI and overweight / obesity status

x

x

x

 Anthropomorphic indicators (e.g., waist circumference, hip circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter )

x

x

x

 Blood pressure and pre-/hypertension status

x

x

x

 Serum markers of metabolic syndrome (e.g.,

x

x

x

 Serum pro-inflammatory markers (e.g., C-reactive protein)

x

x

x

 Serum anti-inflammatory markers

x

x

x

 Body composition (e.g., body fat, fat mass, percent body fat)

  

x

 Peak oxygen consumption

  

x

 Heart rate variability during exercise and orthostatic challence

  

x

Self-Reported Health Behaviors (e.g., physical activity, eating behaviors, sleep, substance use)

x

x

x

Objectively Assessed Health Behaviors

   

 24-h Dietary Recalls (e.g.., Healthy Eating Index, total fruit and sodium intake, empty calories)

x

 

x

 7-day Accelerometry (e.g., low intensity, moderate, vigorous physical activity; sedentary time; sleep patterns)

  

x