MRC Epidemiology Unit - Publications Database

Association of Cycling With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Persons With Diabetes: The European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study.

Ried-Larsen M, Rasmussen MG, Blond K, Overvad TF, Overvad K, Steindorf K, Katzke V, Andersen JLM, Petersen KEN, Aune D, Tsilidis KK, Heath AK, Papier K, Panico S, Masala G, Pala V, Weiderpass E, Freisling H, Bergmann MM, Verschuren WMM, Zamora-Ros R, Colorado-Yohar SM, Spijkerman AMW, Schulze MB, Ardanaz EMA, Andersen LB, Wareham N, Brage S, Grøntved A

JAMA internal medicine. Jul 2022

(DOI : 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3836)

Influence of Guideline Operationalization on Youth Activity Prevalence in the International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Gammon C, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Ekelund U, Hansen BH, Sherar LB, Andersen LB, Anderssen S, Davey R, Hallal PC, Jago R, Kriemler S, Kristensen PL, Kwon S, Northstone K, Pate R, Salmon J, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Feb 2022

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002884)

Association of change in the school travel mode with changes in different physical activity intensities and sedentary time: A International Children's Accelerometry Database Study.

Werneck AO, Jago R, Kriemler S, Andersen LB, Wedderkopp N, Northstone K, Salmon J, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Preventive medicine. Apr 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106862)

Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis.

Brazendale K, Beets MW, Armstrong B, Weaver RG, Hunt ET, Pate RR, Brusseau TA, Bohnert AM, Olds T, Tassitano RM, Tenorio MCM, Garcia J, Andersen LB, Davey R, Hallal PC, Jago R, Kolle E, Kriemler S, Kristensen PL, Kwon S, Puder JJ, Salmon J, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-021-01095-x)

Birth weight, cardiometabolic risk factors and effect modification of physical activity in children and adolescents: pooled data from 12 international studies.

Bernhardsen GP, Stensrud T, Hansen BH, Steene-Johannesen J, Kolle E, Nystad W, Anderssen SA, Hallal PC, Janz KF, Kriemler S, Andersen LB, Northstone K, Resaland GK, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Ried-Larsen M, Ekelund U, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

International Journal of Obesity. Oct 2019

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-020-0612-9)

Tracking of total sedentary time and sedentary patterns in youth: a pooled analysis using the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD).

van Ekris E, Wijndaele K, Altenburg TM, Atkin AJ, Twisk J, Andersen LB, Janz KF, Froberg K, Northstone K, Page AS, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Chinapaw M, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-020-00960-5)

Substituting prolonged sedentary time and cardiovascular risk in children and youth: a meta-analysis within the International Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD).

Wijndaele K, White T, Andersen LB, Bugge A, Kolle E, Northstone K, Wedderkopp N, Ried-Larsen M, Kriemler S, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Sharp SJ, Brage S, Ekelund U, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0858-6)

Physical activity attenuates metabolic risk of adolescents with overweight or obesity: the ICAD multi-country study.

Werneck AO, Silva DR, Oyeyemi AL, Fernandes RA, Steene-Johannesen J, Andersen LB, Northstone K, Sardinha LB, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

International Journal of Obesity. Apr 2019

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-020-0521-y)

A closer look at the relationship among accelerometer-based physical activity metrics: ICAD pooled data.

Kwon S, Andersen LB, Grøntved A, Kolle E, Cardon G, Davey R, Kriemler S, Northstone K, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Janz KF, International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Nov 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0801-x)

Cross-Sectional Associations of Reallocating Time Between Sedentary and Active Behaviours on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Young People: An International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Analysis.

Hansen BH, Anderssen SA, Andersen LB, Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Steene-Johannessen J, Kriemler S, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Wedderkopp N, Ekelund U, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-018-0909-1)

Physical activity intensity, bout-duration, and cardiometabolic risk markers in children and adolescents.

Tarp J, Child A, White T, Westgate K, Bugge A, Grøntved A, Wedderkopp N, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Davey R, Janz KF, Kriemler S, Northstone K, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K, Brage S, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

International journal of obesity (2005). Feb 2018

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-018-0152-8)

Does adiposity mediate the relationship between physical activity and biological risk factors in youth?: a cross-sectional study from the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD).

Tarp J, Bugge A, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, Brage S, Møller NC

International Journal of Obesity. Apr 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.241)

Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Associations with Metabolic Health Across Weight Statuses in Children and Adolescents.

Kuzik N, Carson V, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Grøntved A, Hansen BH, Ekelund U, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.21952)

Weather and children's physical activity; how and why do relationships vary between countries?

Harrison F, Goodman A, van Sluijs EMF, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Davey R, Janz KF, Kriemler S, Molloy L, Page AS, Pate R, Puder JJ, Sardinha LB, Timperio A, Wedderkopp N, Jones AP, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0526-7)

Age-related patterns of vigorous-intensity physical activity in youth: The International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Corder K, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Page A, Davey R, Grøntved A, Hallal PC, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Preventive medicine reports. May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.05.006)

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents.

Sardinha LB, Santos DA, Silva AM, Grøntved A, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

PLoS ONE. Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0149351)

Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in youth: the International children's accelerometry database (ICAD).

Cooper AR, Goodman A, Page AS, Sherar LB, Esliger DW, Van Sluijs EM, Andersen LB, Anderssen S, Cardon G, Davey R, Froberg K, Hallal P, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kreimler S, Pate RR, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Salmon J, Sardinha LB, Timperio A, Ekelund U

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0274-5)

Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Hansen BH, Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Kordas K, Cooper AR, Sherar LB, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Kriemler S, Hallal P, van Sluijs E, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.114.103648)

A new approach to define and diagnose cardiometabolic disorder in children.

Andersen LB, Lauersen JB, Brønd JC, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Steene-Johannessen J, McMurray RG, Barros MV, Kriemler S, Møller NC, Bugge A, Kristensen PL, Ried-Larsen M, Grøntved A, Ekelund U

Journal of diabetes research. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1155/2015/539835)

Equating accelerometer estimates among youth: The Rosetta Stone 2.

Brazendale K, Beets MW, Bornstein DB, Moore JB, Pate RR, Weaver RG, Falck RS, Chandler JL, Andersen LB, Anderssen SA, Cardon G, Cooper A, Davey R, Froberg K, Hallal PC, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Salmon J, Sardinha LB, Timperio A, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.02.006)

Examining the causal association of fasting glucose with blood pressure in healthy children and adolescents: a Mendelian randomization study employing common genetic variants of fasting glucose.

Goharian TS, Andersen LB, Franks PW, Wareham NJ, Brage S, Veidebaum T, Ekelund U, Lawlor DA, Loos RJ, Grøntved A

Journal of Human Hypertension. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1038/jhh.2014.63)

Screen time viewing behaviors and isometric trunk muscle strength in youth.

Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Froberg K, Wedderkopp N, Brage S, Kristensen PL, Andersen LB, Møller NC

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318295af56)

Independent and combined association of muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness in youth with insulin resistance and β-cell function in young adulthood: the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Ekelund U, Froberg K, Brage S, Andersen LB

Diabetes care. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.2337/dc12-2252)

Muscle strength in youth and cardiovascular risk in young adulthood (the European Youth Heart Study).

Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Froberg K, Brage S, Andersen LB

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Mar 2013

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091907)

Research priorities for child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviours: an international perspective using a twin-panel Delphi procedure.

Gillis L, Tomkinson G, Olds T, Moreira C, Christie C, Nigg C, Cerin E, van Sluijs E, Stratton G, Janssen I, Dorovolomo J, Reilly JJ, Mota J, Zayed K, Kawalski K, Andersen LB, Carrizosa M, Tremblay M, Chia M, Hamlin M, Thomas NE, Maddison R, Biddle S, Gorely T, Onywera V, van Mechelen W

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-10-112)

Sedentary time in children: influence of accelerometer processing on health relations.

Atkin AJ, Ekelund U, Møller NC, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Brage S

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jan 2013

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318282190e)

Physical activity intensity and subclinical atherosclerosis in Danish adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study.

Ried-Larsen M, Grøntved A, Froberg K, Ekelund U, Andersen LB

Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. Dec 2012

(DOI : 10.1111/sms.12046)

Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world.

Heath GW, Parra DC, Sarmiento OL, Andersen LB, Owen N, Goenka S, Montes F, Brownson RC, Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

Lancet (London, England). Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60816-2)

Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects.

Hallal PC, Andersen LB, Bull FC, Guthold R, Haskell W, Ekelund U

Lancet (London, England). Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60646-1)

Youth screen-time behaviour is associated with cardiovascular risk in young adulthood: the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Froberg K, Hu FB, Ekelund U, Andersen LB

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1177/2047487312454760)

Mechanical and free living comparisons of four generations of the Actigraph activity monitor.

Ried-Larsen M, Brønd JC, Brage S, Hansen BH, Grydeland M, Andersen LB, Møller NC

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-113)

International Olympic Committee consensus statement on the health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport.

Mountjoy M, Andersen LB, Armstrong N, Biddle S, Boreham C, Bedenbeck HP, Ekelund U, Engebretsen L, Hardman K, Hills AP, Hills A, Kahlmeier S, Kriemler S, Lambert E, Ljungqvist A, Matsudo V, McKay H, Micheli L, Pate R, Riddoch C, Schamasch P, Sundberg CJ, Tomkinson G, van Sluijs E, van Mechelen W

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090228)

Effect of school-based interventions on physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents: a review of reviews and systematic update.

Kriemler S, Meyer U, Martin E, Van Sluijs EM, Andersen LB, Martin BW

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090186)

NOS3 variants, physical activity, and blood pressure in the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Andersen LB, Franks PW, Verhage B, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ, Brage S

American journal of hypertension. Jan 2011

(DOI : 10.1038/ajh.2010.265)

Hemodynamic variables during exercise in childhood and resting systolic blood pressure levels 6 years later in adolescence: the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Brage S, Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Froberg K, Andersen LB

Journal of Human Hypertension. Nov 2010

(DOI : 10.1038/jhh.2010.103)

Fat-free mass mediates the association between birth weight and aerobic fitness in youth.

Ridgway CL, Brage S, Anderssen S, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Nov 2010

(DOI : 10.3109/17477166.2010.526225)

Do physical activity and aerobic fitness moderate the association between birth weight and metabolic risk in youth?: the European Youth Heart Study.

Ridgway CL, Brage S, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

Diabetes care. Oct 2010

(DOI : 10.2337/dc10-1178)

Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? A combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity.

Ridgway CL, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Corder K, Westgate K, Van Sluijs EM, Goodyer IM, Hallal PC, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

PLoS ONE. Aug 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0016125)

Common genetic determinants of glucose homeostasis in healthy children: the European Youth Heart Study.

Kelliny C, Ekelund U, Andersen LB, Brage S, Loos RJ, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C

Diabetes. Sep 2009

(DOI : 10.2337/db09-0374)

Absence of association between the INSIG2 gene polymorphism (rs7566605) and obesity in the European Youth Heart Study (EYHS).

Vimaleswaran KS, Franks PW, Brage S, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2008.650)

Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study).

Nilsson A, Andersen LB, Ommundsen Y, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Piehl-Aulin K, Ekelund U

BMC Public Health. Jan 2009

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-9-322)

Prevalence and correlates of the metabolic syndrome in a population-based sample of European youth.

Ekelund U, Anderssen S, Andersen LB, Riddoch CJ, Sardinha LB, Luan J, Froberg K, Brage S

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dec 2008

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26649)

PPARGC1A sequence variation and cardiovascular risk-factor levels: a study of the main genetic effects and gene x environment interactions in children from the European Youth Heart Study.

Brito EC, Vimaleswaran KS, Brage S, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ, Franks PW

Diabetologia. Nov 2008

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-009-1269-z)

Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty.

Ong KK, Elks CE, Li S, Zhao JH, Luan J, Andersen LB, Bingham SA, Brage S, Smith GD, Ekelund U, Gillson CJ, Glaser B, Golding J, Hardy R, Khaw KT, Kuh D, Luben R, Marcus M, McGeehin MA, Ness AR, Northstone K, Ring SM, Rubin C, Sims MA, Song K, Strachan DP, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Waterworth DM, Wong A, Deloukas P, Barroso I, Mooser V, Loos RJ, Wareham NJ

Nature genetics. Oct 2008

(DOI : 10.1038/ng.382)

Between- and within-day variability in physical activity and inactivity in 9- and 15-year-old European children.

Nilsson A, Anderssen SA, Andersen LB, Froberg K, Riddoch C, Sardinha LB, Ekelund U

Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. Feb 2008

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00762.x)

Comparison of equations for predicting energy expenditure from accelerometer counts in children.

Nilsson A, Brage S, Riddoch C, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Wedderkopp N, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. Jan 2008

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00694.x)

Objectively measured time spent sedentary is associated with insulin resistance independent of overall and central body fat in 9- to 10-year-old Portuguese children.

Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Anderssen SA, Quitério AL, Ornelas R, Froberg K, Riddoch CJ, Ekelund U

Diabetes care. Dec 2007

(DOI : 10.2337/dc07-1286)

Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor for clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children independent of country, age and sex.

Anderssen SA, Cooper AR, Riddoch C, Sardinha LB, Harro M, Brage S, Andersen LB

European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology. Aug 2007

(DOI : 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328011efc1)

Independent associations of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with metabolic risk factors in children: the European youth heart study.

Ekelund U, Anderssen SA, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Brage S

Diabetologia. May 2007

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-007-0762-5)

Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study).

Andersen LB, Harro M, Sardinha LB, Froberg K, Ekelund U, Brage S, Anderssen SA

Lancet (London, England). Jul 2006

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69075-2)