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Table 1 Outcomes assessed in the COmPLETE Study (C-Health & C-Heart)

From: Functional aging in health and heart failure: the COmPLETE Study

 

Outcome measure

Data Collection Instrument

Before Visit 1

 Telephone interview

General health and chronic disease, part 1a

21 items

Smoking status a

3 items

Physical activity readiness a

7 items, Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Visit 1

 Questionnaires

Chronotype (1)

14 items, Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) [82]

Quality of life (2)

8 items, Health related Quality of Life, short form (SF-8) [83]

Socio-economic status (3)

1 item

Subjective physical activity (4)

10 items, European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ) [84]

6 items, Global Physical Activity (GPAQ) [85]

Residential area (5)

3 items

Use of transportation (6)

3 items

Life-space (7)

9 items, modified UAB Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment [86]

Fall history (8)

2 items

Alcohol consumption (9)

3 items

Stress (10)

4 items, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) [87]

Insomnia (11)

7 items, Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) [88]

Menstruation cycle (12)

7 items

General health and chronic disease, part 2 (19)

13 items

Medication (20)

10 items

 Anthropometry

BMI a (13)

Weight and height

WHR (14)

Waist circumference/hip circumference

Body composition (15)

Four-segment bioelectrical impedance analysis

 Macrovascular-Health

Arterial stiffness (baPWV/CAVI) & blood pressure a (16)

Noninvasive vascular screening system

Brachial endothelial function (17)

FMD by ultrasound

Carotid-intima-media thickness (23)

2D ultrasound instrument

 Cardiac Imaging

Systolic and diastolic structure and function (22)

2D echocardiography

 Inflammation & Circulating CV Risk Factors

Cholesterol (TC, LDL, HDL), triglycerides (TGA),

HbA1c, NT-pro BNP & etc. (21)

Venous blood samples

 Physical Fitness Components

Gait (18)

Inertial sensor system

Power of leg muscles (24)

Countermovement jump on a force plate

Standing balance (25)

Tandem stance on a force plate

Handgrip strength (26)

Handheld dynamometer

Isometric leg strength (27)

Dynamometer

Cardiorespiratory fitness (28)

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with breath-by-breath gas analysis

Starting the day after visit 1 for 14 days

 Physical Activity

Objective physical activity

Wrist-worn triaxial accelerometer

Visit 2

 Microvascular-Health

Retinal arterial and venous diameters

Static retinal vessel analysis

Retinal endothelial function

Dynamic retinal vessel analysis

  1. a Used for a check of inclusion criteria. Numbers in brackets indicate the precise sequence of data collection of visit 1
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, baPWV brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity, CAVI cardio–ankle vascular index, TC total cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, FMD flow-mediated dilation