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. 2017 Jan 23:8:4.
doi: 10.4103/2008-7802.198915. eCollection 2017.

Methodology and Early Findings of the Fifth Survey of Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Adult Noncommunicable Disease: The CASPIAN-V Study

Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh  1 , Hasan Ziaodini  2 , Mostafa Qorbani  3 , Majzoubeh Taheri  4 , Tahereh Aminaei  4 , Azam Goodarzi  5 , Asal Ataie-Jafari  6 , Fatemeh Rezaei  7 , Zeinab Ahadi  8 , Gita Shafiee  8 , Ali Shahsavari  9 , Ramin Heshmat  8 , Roya Kelishadi  10
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Methodology and Early Findings of the Fifth Survey of Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Adult Noncommunicable Disease: The CASPIAN-V Study

Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh et al. Int J Prev Med. .

Abstract

Background: This paper presents the methodology and early findings of the fifth survey of a school-based surveillance program in Iran.

Methods: This nationwide study was conducted in 2015 as the fifth survey of a surveillance program entitled "Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and PreventIon of Adult Non- communicable disease" (CASPIAN-V) study. The protocol was mainly based on the World Health Organization-Global School student Health Survey. We studied 14400 students, aged 7-18 years, and their parents living in 30 provinces in Iran. Fasting blood was obtained from a sub-sample of 4200 randomly selected students.

Results: The participation rate for the whole study and for blood sampling were 99% and 91.5%, respectively. The mean (SD) age of participants was 12.3 (3.2) years, consisting of 49.4% girls and 71.4% urban residents. Overall, 16.1% were underweight (17.4% of boys and 14.8% of girls), and 20.8% had excess weight consisting of 9.4% (8.7% of boys and 10.2% of girls) of overweight and 11.4% (12.5% of boys and 10.3% of girls) of obesity. Abdominal obesity was documented in 21.1% of students (21.6% of boys and 20.5% of girls). Low HDL-C was the most prevalent abnormality of the lipid profile (29.5%) followed by high serum triglycerides (27.7%). Of students, 59.9% consumed whole wheat bread; and 57% reported that they never or rarely added salt to table. The reported daily consumption of fresh fruits, vegetables, and milk was about 60%, 32% and 40%, respectively. 13.7% of participants had at least 30-min daily leisure-time physical activity.

Conclusions: The current findings provide an overview of the current health status and lifestyle habits of children and adolescents. This surveillance program would help planning preventive programs at individual and community levels.

Keywords: Children and adolescents; methodology; prevention; surveillance.

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