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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Physical Fitness

Your search returns 4 documents

• 1.   Associations between physical fitness and activity patterns during adolescence and cardiovascular risk factors in young adulthood: the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project

  The aim of this study was to examine relationships between cardiovascular disease risk factor status in young adulthood and antecedent physical fitness and physical activity at ages 12 and 15 years

  

  Abstract:

  The aim of the present study was to examine relationships between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor status in young adulthood (mean age = 22.5 yrs) and antecedent physical fitness and physical activity at ages 12 and 15 years. The data were obtained from the Young Hearts Project, a longitudinal observational study of CVD risk factors in a representative sample of young people more...

  International Classification:

  Physical activity

  Categories:

  cardiovascular disease; physical fitness; physical activity

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Int J Sports Med, Vol: 23 Suppl 1 Page: S22-6 May 2002
  C. Boreham; J. Twisk; C. Neville; M. Savage; L. Murray; A. Gallagher

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• 2.   Birthweight and aerobic fitness in adolescents: the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project

  This study examined relationships between aerobic fitness and birthweight in adolescents

  

  Abstract:

  The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between aerobic fitness and birthweight in adolescents. A representative cohort of 1015 males and females aged 12 and 15 y was studied, at baseline, with 89% of the 12-y-olds being re-examined 3 y later.The main outcome measures were an index of aerobic fitness, measured in laps completed at voluntary exhaustion by a twenty-metre more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Aerobic fitness and birthweight

  Categories:

  aerobic fitness and birthweight

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Public Health, Vol: 115 Page: 373-9 November 2001
  C. A. Boreham; L. Murray; D. Dedman; G. Davey Smith; J. M. Savage; J. J. Strain

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• 3.   Fitness, fatness, and coronary heart disease risk in adolescents: the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project

  The aim of this study was to examine the independence and relative strengths of association between coronary heart disease risk status and both body fatness and cardiorespiratory (C-R) fitness in 12- and 15-yr-old adolescents

  

  Abstract:

  PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the independence and relative strengths of association between coronary heart disease (CHD) risk status and both body fatness and cardiorespiratory (C-R) fitness in 12- and 15-yr-old adolescents. METHODS: The study cohort consisted of 1015 schoolchildren aged 12 and 15 yr (251 12-yr-old boys, 258 12-yr-old girls, 252 15-yr-old boys, and more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease - Obesity and other hyperalimentation - obesity

  Categories:

  body fatness; cardiorespiratory fitness

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Med Sci Sports Exerc, Vol: 33 Page: 270-4 February 2001
  C. Boreham; J. Twisk; L. Murray; M. Savage; J. J. Strain; G. Cran

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• 4.   Socioeconomic differences in risk factors for obesity in adolescents in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to test for socioeconomic differences in some biological and behavioural risk factors for obesity in a representative and contemporary sample of adolescents

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES. To test for socioeconomic differences in some biological and behavioral risk factors for obesity in a representative and contemporary sample of adolescents. METHODS: Cohort study of 2 016 randomly selected 12- and 15-year-olds representative of Northern Ireland, studied in 2000. We tested for differences in obesity risk factors based on a priori hypotheses between more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease - Obesity and other hyperalimentation - obesity

  Categories:

  obesity

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Int J Pediatr Obes, Vol: 1 Page: 114-9 2006
  M. Mutunga; A. M. Gallagher; C. Boreham; D. C. Watkins; L. J. Murray; G. Cran; J. J. Reilly

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