Study of Health in Pomerode (SHIP-Brazil): aims, methodological issues and descriptive results
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https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.7276Keywords:
Epidemiological Methods, Data Collection, Epidemiologic studies, Cohort, Health of Ethnic MinoritiesAbstract
Background
Few studies compared populations with similar genetic and culture background on different continents with standardized methods.
Objective
To describe methodological issues of the Study of Health in Pomerode - SHIP-Brazil and some characteristics of the participants of the baseline examination.
Design and Setting
Prospective, population-based cohort study of a representative sample of residents (aged 20 to 79 years) of Pomerode, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Methods
Data for the baseline survey (from 2014 to 2018) were collected through interviews and medical examinations, including socio-demographic and lifestyle information, clinical and subclinical conditions, oral and mental health, among others. Biosamples (blood, urine, stool, and saliva) were collected and stored. Methods of data collection and quality control are described. Preliminary descriptive statistics were performed.
Results
The response rate was 67.6% (n=2,488 individuals). The Kappa test-retest of some variables varied from 0.54 to 1.0. German culture participants are older (46.5 vs 38.7 years), self-declared white (97.3% vs 82.1%), more frequently never smokers (71.4% vs 66.9%) but had higher risk of consuming alcohol (16.9% vs 13.4%) compared to participants with non-German background. Germans were taller (169 cm vs 166 cm), had greater abdominal circumference among men (101.9 cm vs 97.3 cm). Furthermore, they reported more multimorbidity (56.7% vs 43.6%) , had more arterial hypertension (30.7% vs 18.5%), but less depression (15.4% vs 19,1%) than non-Germans.
Conclusions
The interaction of genetic and social/environmental issues should be examined to understand the role of risk factors on clinical conditions observed.
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Copyright (c) 2023 Ernani Tiaraju de Santa Helena, Clóvis Arlindo de Sousa, João Luiz Gurgel Calvet da Silveira, Carlos Roberto de Oliveira Nunes, Luciane Coutinho de Azevedo, Luana Gabriele Nilson, Caroline Valente, Rosana Leal do Prado, Caio Mauricio Mendes de Cordova, Keila Zaniboni Siqueira Batista, Tatiani Karini Rensi Botelho, Angela Duebbers Cunha, Siegmar Starke, Sergio Luiz Zimmermann, Nágila Raquel Teixeira Damasceno, Raul Dias Santos, Till Ittermann, Henry Völzke, Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus
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Funding data
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina
Grant numbers Call PPSUS 03/2012
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