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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2023 May 3;172:107534. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107534

Table 4.

Measurement of health behaviors in included studies by age and study design.

Clinical metrics Health Behaviors
Glycemia, Blood pressure, BMI, and Total Cholesterol + Diet + Physical activity + Smoking status
Adults (≥18 years old)
Cross-sectional		 206 studies 91/206 (44.17%) 119/206 (57.77%) 188/206 (91.26%)
Adults (≥18 years old)
Cohorts		 37 studies 17/37 (45.95%) 21/37 (56.76%) 35/37 (94.79%)
Children and adolescents(<18 years old)
Cross-sectional		 48 studies 23/48 (47.92%) 27/48 (56.25%) 42/48 (87.50%)
Children and adolescents(<18 years old)
Cohorts		 2 studies 1/2 (50%) 2/2 (100%) 2/2 (100%)
Total studies 251 studies 113/251 (45.02%) 147/251 (58.57%) 226/251 (90.04%)