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Table 4 Data collection schedule and outcome measures

From: The Reversal Intervention for Metabolic Syndrome (TRIMS) study: rationale, design, and baseline data

Collected by research nurse

Baseline

6

months

12

months

Bloods & biomedical data

   

FPG

✓

✓

✓

2 hour glucose

✓

✓

✓

HbA1c

✓

✓

✓

Total cholesterol

✓

✓

✓

HDL

✓

✓

✓

Triglycerides

✓

✓

✓

Albumin:creatinine ratio (urine)

✓

✓

✓

Blood pressure

✓

✓

✓

Waist circumference

✓

✓

✓

Hip circumference

✓

✓

✓

Height

✓

✗

✗

Weight

✓

✓

✓

Medical history

✓

✓

✓

Current medication

✓

✓

✓

Smoking status

✓

✓

✓

Biomarkers

   

Insulin, Hs-CRP, Adiponectin

✓

✗

✓

Demographic details

   

Age

✓

✗

✗

Sex

✓

✗

✗

Ethnicity

(adapted from classification used for 2001 UK census)

✓

✗

✗

Current employment status

(working, retired, unemployed, long term sick/disabled, never worked, other)

✓

✗

✗

Education

(age finished full time education, & highest level of qualification held)

✓

✗

✗

Socio-economic classification

(NS-SEC-5-Class)[57]

✓

✗

✗

Deprivation score

(IMD score, 2007)[58]

✓

✗

✗

Self-reported data

   

Questionnaires

   

Physical activity

IPAQ (short form)[47]

✓

✓

✓

Anxiety & depression

HADS[48]

✓

✓

✓

Quality of life

EQ-5D[49]

✓

✓

✓

Dietary habits

DINE[50]

✓

✓

✓

General self-efficacy

GSE[51]

✓

✓

✓

Other

   

Ambulatory activity

✓

✓

✓

  1. Abbreviations: FPG (fasting plasma glucose); HbA1c (glycated haemaglobin); HDL (high density lipoprotein cholesterol); NS-SEC-5-Class (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification 5-Class version); IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire); HADS (Hospital Anxiety & Depression Score); EQ-5D (EuroQol EQ-5D questionnaire); DINE (Dietary Instrument for Nutrition Education); GSE (General Self Efficacy); IMD (Indices of Multiple Deprivation)