The purpose of the present study was to clarify the effects of increase in physical activity on incidence and surrogate marker of cardiovascular diseases. The working hypothesis of the present study was that the physical activity to satisfy the Japanese guideline of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is effective for the primary prevention of the lifestyle-related disease.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
1,085
The targets of amount of physical activity are 3.3METs•h/day (MVPA) and 10,000 step counts/day.
National Institute of Health and Nutrition
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Objectively measured amount of physical activity
Time frame: 10 years
Surrogate measurement of lifestyle-related diseases (blood pressure, FPG, cho, etc)
Time frame: 5 years
Incidence of lifestyle-related diseases (hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes)
Time frame: 10 years
Incidence of musculoskeletal and joint pain
Time frame: 1 year
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