%0 Journal Article
%A Dragano, Nico
%A Reuter, Marvin
%A Greiser, Karin Halina
%A Becher, Heiko
%A Zeeb, Hajo
%A Mikolajczyk, Rafael
%A Kluttig, Alexander
%A Leitzmann, Michael
%A Fischer, Beate
%A Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
%A Emmel, Carina
%A Krause, Gérard
%A Castell, Stefanie
%A Damms-Machado, Antje
%A Obi, Nadia
%A Schikowski, Tamara
%A Kuss, Oliver
%A Hoffmann, Wolfgang
%A Schipf, Sabine
%A Pischon, Tobias
%A Jaeschke, Lina
%A Krist, Lilian
%A Keil, Thomas
%A Lieb, Wolfgang
%A Holleczek, Bernd
%A Brenner, Hermann
%A Wirkner, Kerstin
%A Loeffler, Markus
%A Michels, Karin B
%A Franzke, Claus-Werner
%A Peters, Annette
%A Linseisen, Jakob
%A Berger, Klaus
%A Legath, Nicole
%A Ahrens, Wolfgang
%A Lampert, Thomas
%A Schmidt, Börge
%T [Socio-demographic and employment-related factors in the German National Cohort (GNC; NAKO Gesundheitsstudie)].
%J Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
%V 63
%N 3
%@ 1437-1588
%C Heidelberg
%I Springer
%M DKFZ-2020-00354
%P 267-278
%D 2020
%Z 2020 Mar;63(3):267-278
%X In epidemiologic studies, standardised measurement of socio-demographic and employment-related factors is becoming increasingly important, as variables such as gender, age, education or employment status are factors influencing health and disease risks.The article gives an overview of the scientific background and assessment of socio-demographic factors in the German National Cohort Study. In addition, the distribution of individual characteristics in the cohort as well as relationships with health-related measures are presented by way of example.The analysis is based on the data of the first half of the baseline survey (n = 101,724). On this basis, we present the distribution of key socio-demographic characteristics and analyse relationships with exemplary selected health indicators (body mass index, self-reported health) to assess the validity of socio-demographic data measurements.On average, study participants were 52.0 years old (SD = 12.4). Of the participants, 53.6
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:32034444
%R 10.1007/s00103-020-03098-8
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/153631