Table 7. Summary of physical examinations components.
| Measurement | Device or equipment used | Comments on protocol | Percent of participants
attending health check with data collected * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood pressure | OMRON 705 IT automatic blood
pressure monitors (OMRON Healthcare) 39 |
Three measurements of sitting blood
pressure taken 2 minutes apart. |
98.9% |
| Pulse Oximetry | Nonin Onyx II 9550 non-invasive
finger tip pulse oximeters (Nonin Medical Inc, USA) |
99.7% | |
| Weight and body
composition |
TANITA BC 418 body composition
analyser (TANITA, Europe GmbH) |
Weight only (not body composition)
measured in participants with pacemaker, pregnant or refused |
98.1% with body
composition data |
| Height | Seca® 217 portable stadiometer
(Seca Limited) |
Two measurements | 99.9% |
| Hip and waist
circumference |
Seca measuring tapes (Seca®201)
(Seca Limited) |
Two measurements | 99.9% |
| Grip strength | JAMAR® digital hand dynamometers
(Patterson Medical, UK) |
Three measurements per hand in accordance
with the Southampton protocol 38 |
96.9% |
| Chair stands | - | Time taken to stand up and sit down from a
chair ten times |
97.3% |
| Standing balance | - | Time standing on one leg 1)with eyes open
and 2)eyes closed |
97.3% |
| Digital ECG | Cardiax devices (IMED ltd,
Hungary) |
99.8% | |
| Pulse wave velocity and
pulse wave analysis |
Non-invasive Vicorder devices
(Skidmore Medical Ltd, UK) 40 |
Three measurements taken 1 minute apart.
If the measurements were greater than 0.5m/s apart or there were concerns about record quality further measurements (up to 7) were taken |
99.5% |
| Vascular ultrasound
and echocardiography examination |
GE VividQ machines (GE Health care) | In accordance with a strict protocol | 99.5% |
| Energy expenditure over
5 days |
Actiheart (CamNtech Ltd,
Cambridge, UK) |
Offered to approximately 50% of participants.
Participants who agreed to this component of the study took part in a 200m walking test first for calibration purposes. |
21.6% |
| Spirometry | 6800 pneumotrac spirometers
(Vitalograph®, UK) |
Offered to approximately 50% of participants.
Three measurements were taken. If less than two acceptable measurement taken additional measurements could be taken up to a maximum of eight. |
45.7% |
*
Denominator all main study participants where health check was completed