Design and Objectives of the South American Youth/Child Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE) Study

Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho; Luis Alberto Moreno; Andrew Mello Silva; Gabriela Berg; Alejandro Estrada-Restrepo; Laura Inés González-Zapata; Pilar De Miguel-Etayo; Carlos Alberto Delgado; María Isabel Bove; Maria da Luz Rosario de Sousa; Francisco Leonardo Torres-Leal; Claudia L M Forjaz; Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes; SAYCARE Study Group

doi:10.1002/oby.22117

Design and Objectives of the South American Youth/Child Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE) Study

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Mar:26 Suppl 1:S5-S13. doi: 10.1002/oby.22117.

Authors

Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho¹, Luis Alberto Moreno^{2

3

4}, Andrew Mello Silva^{1

5}, Gabriela Berg⁶, Alejandro Estrada-Restrepo⁷, Laura Inés González-Zapata⁸, Pilar De Miguel-Etayo^{2

3

4}, Carlos Alberto Delgado^{9

10}, María Isabel Bove¹¹, Maria da Luz Rosario de Sousa¹², Francisco Leonardo Torres-Leal¹³, Claudia L M Forjaz¹⁴, Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes^{1

15}; SAYCARE Study Group

Affiliations

¹ Youth/Child Cardiovascular Risk and Environmental Research Group, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
³ Agroalimentary Institute of Aragon, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
⁴ Biomedical Research Networking Center-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERObn), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
⁵ Technical College of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ Demography and Health Research Group, School of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
⁸ Social and Economic Determinants of Health and Nutrition Research Group, School of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
¹⁰ Neonatal Unit, National Institute of Child Health, Lima, Peru.
¹¹ Health and Welfare Institute, School of Psychology, Catholic University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay.
¹² University of Campinas, Department of Community Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ Metabolic Diseases, Exercise and Nutrition Research Group, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina, Brazil.
¹⁴ Exercise Hemodynamic Laboratory, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 29464921
DOI: 10.1002/oby.22117

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the overarching study design of the South American Youth/Child Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE) study, which is an observational multicenter feasibility study held in seven South American cities: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Lima (Peru), Medellin (Colombia), Montevideo (Uruguay), Santiago (Chile), and São Paulo and Teresina (Brazil). Children and adolescents (3-17 years of age) were studied.

Methods: The data management systems, quality assurance monitoring activities, standardized operating procedure manuals, and training and study management are addressed in this paper. Various quality controls to ensure the collection of valid and reliable data are also discussed.

Results and conclusions: Data were obtained from 237 preschoolers and schoolchildren and 258 adolescents during the validation phase measurements. The results of the SAYCARE study are expected to provide higher accuracy in the assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors, including eating behaviors, body composition, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, lipid profiles and cardiovascular health biomarkers, oral health, social conditions, environmental factors and home environment, and their determinants in children and adolescents from ages 3 to 17 in seven South American cities.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Cardiovascular System / physiopathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Environment*
Epidemiologic Research Design*
Feeding Behavior / physiology
Female
Goals*
Humans
Life Style / ethnology
Male
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
South America / epidemiology