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NCT Number: NCT02899416

Better Life by Nutrition During Adulthood

BELINDA is a follow'up of subjects included 10 years ago in HELENA study which was a cross-sectional study carried out from 2006 to 2007 in more than 3500 adolescents aged from 12.5 to 17.5 years old through 10 Europeans towns from 9 countries.

BELINDA main objective is to assess CV risk using PDAY score (Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth) during young adulthood (20 to 31 years) and analyze lifestyle risk factors from adolescence (12 to 18 years). This analyze may define new CV risk factors and risk population cluster.

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Key information

Age range

20 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHRU,Hôpital Jeanne de Flandres

Lille, France

About this study

BELINDA subjects from Lille, Ghent , Zaragoza and Roma will be re-tested using a part of HELENA test battery and some new evaluation criteria.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Women of men participating to HELENA study 2006-2007
  • Aged from 20 to 35 years.
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant or lactating women

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. PDAY score (Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth)

    Time frame: one day

    PDAY score is a composite score which will be calculated using adult data including Gender, HDL non cholesterol, HDL cholesterol. Glucose level, Blood pressure, Tobacco consumption and BMI.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Diet Quality Index Score

    Time frame: 2 days

    data collected using HELENA-DIAT, an electronic dietary recall, data in DQI score unit.

    DQI score is ranking from 0 to 9 unit and is based on three basic principles for a healthy diet: quality; diversity; balance. Furthermore, the daily diet was divided into nine recommended food groups, namely (1) water, (2) bread and cereals, (3) grains and potatoes, (4) vegetables, (5) fruit, (6) milk products (7), cheese, (8) meat, fish, eggs and substitutes, and (9) fats and oils.

  2. Ratio total energy intake

    Time frame: 2 days

    data collected using HELENA-DIAT, an electronic dietary recall, data in kcal/d, data for recommended total energy intake will be collected using national reference chart.

  3. ratio of dietary n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

    Time frame: 2 days

    data collected using HELENA-DIAT, an electronic dietary recall, data in ratio calculated using a food composition data base. PUFA is expressed in mg/day daily intake.

  4. consumption in dietary salt intake

    Time frame: 2 days

    data collected using HELENA-DIAT, an electronic dietary recall, data in mg/day daily intake calculated using a food composition data base.

  5. Physical activity

    Time frame: 7 days

    data collected using a GT3X accelerometer data in daily counts/min

  6. Endurance

    Time frame: 1 day

    data collected using Dr Leger Shuttle run test, data in VO2max ml/kg/min

  7. Ratio waist-to-hip

    Time frame: 1 day

    data collected using anthropometric measurements, data in ratio. Data are expressed in centimeter

  8. Fat mass

    Time frame: 1 day

    data collected using anthropometric measurements, data in % of fat mass, expressed in kg

  9. Education level

    Time frame: 1 day

    data collected using a Socio-economic questionnaire, data in Education level 8 digits

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Lille

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Better Life by Nutrition During Adulthood : Identification of Factors Present in Adolescence Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults

Acronym: BELINDA

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Sep 14, 2016
Registry last updated
Dec 23, 2025

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