Validation Studies of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Norfolk (EPIC2) Physical Activity Questions

Wareham et al. 2002

See reference #28

Methods

Relationship between ERIC-2 variables and Physical Activity Index (PAI), and four separate episodes of 4-day heart-rate monitoring (to obtain EE)and four repeated measures of sub-maximum oxygen uptake (to obtain mean VO_{2 max}) (Pearson correlations adjusted for age and sex)

Sample

84 men (mean age 58.8 years) and 89 women (mean age 55.4 years) enrolled in European Prospec-tive Investiga-tion into Cancer Study-Norfolk cohort (EPIC-Norfolk)

Summary Results

	EE (kj/h)	Mean VO2 max	PAR >5 (%)
EPIC-2 Variables:
Activity/home	-0.04	0.09	-0.12
Activity/Work	0.17*	0.01	-0.17
Recreational Activity	0.13	0.16*	-0.20**
PAI	0.28**	0.15*	0.05

* p < 0.05   ** p < 0.01   *** p < 0.001