Status:

COMPLETED

Grain Exercise Trial - Whole Grain Versus no Grain With or Without Physiotherapy-promoted Exercise for Waist Loss

Lead Sponsor:

Lund University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Region Skane

Conditions:

Abdominal Obesity

Cardiovascular Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-90 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this 2-year lifestyle experiment for waist loss is twofold: 1. to compare whole grains and no grains as part of a healthy diet, 2. to determine if an 8-week exercise program, led ...

Detailed Description

This is a randomized controlled trial with 5 parallel groups of approximately equal size. Two hundred subjects with increased waist circumference (≥84 cm in women and ≥98 cm in men) and at least one a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • increased waist circumference (≥84 cm in women and ≥98 cm in men)
  • AND at least one additional cardiovascular risk factor: hypertension, diabetes type 2, prior coronary heart disease, prior stroke/TIA, peripheral arterial disease, impaired glucose tolerance, prior gestational diabetes, heredity or smoking

Exclusion

  • dependence on walking aids
  • difficulty to understand Swedish (written or spoken)
  • BMI \>40 kg/m2
  • cognitive impairment
  • pronounced hearing loss
  • aphasia
  • continuous treatment with warfarin or prednisolone

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

105 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01208558

Start Date

August 1 2010

End Date

November 1 2014

Last Update

June 20 2017

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Center for Primary Health Care Research, CRC, Lund University, Sweden

Lund, Skåne County, Sweden