TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dragano, Nico
AU  - Reuter, Marvin
AU  - Greiser, Karin Halina
AU  - Becher, Heiko
AU  - Zeeb, Hajo
AU  - Mikolajczyk, Rafael
AU  - Kluttig, Alexander
AU  - Leitzmann, Michael
AU  - Fischer, Beate
AU  - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
AU  - Emmel, Carina
AU  - Krause, Gérard
AU  - Castell, Stefanie
AU  - Damms-Machado, Antje
AU  - Obi, Nadia
AU  - Schikowski, Tamara
AU  - Kuss, Oliver
AU  - Hoffmann, Wolfgang
AU  - Schipf, Sabine
AU  - Pischon, Tobias
AU  - Jaeschke, Lina
AU  - Krist, Lilian
AU  - Keil, Thomas
AU  - Lieb, Wolfgang
AU  - Holleczek, Bernd
AU  - Brenner, Hermann
AU  - Wirkner, Kerstin
AU  - Loeffler, Markus
AU  - Michels, Karin B
AU  - Franzke, Claus-Werner
AU  - Peters, Annette
AU  - Linseisen, Jakob
AU  - Berger, Klaus
AU  - Legath, Nicole
AU  - Ahrens, Wolfgang
AU  - Lampert, Thomas
AU  - Schmidt, Börge
TI  - [Socio-demographic and employment-related factors in the German National Cohort (GNC; NAKO Gesundheitsstudie)].
JO  - Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
VL  - 63
IS  - 3
SN  - 1437-1588
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Springer
M1  - DKFZ-2020-00354
SP  - 267-278
PY  - 2020
N1  - 2020 Mar;63(3):267-278
AB  - 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
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:32034444
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s00103-020-03098-8
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/153631
ER  -