Validation Studies of the Health Insurance Plan of New York City (HIP) Activity Questionnaire

• Ainsworth et al. 1993
• Albanes et al. 1990
• Leon at al 1981

Ainsworth et al. 1993

See reference #11

Methods

Relationship between HIP Occupational Index and PA record scores (activity units) and other PAQs. (age- and gender-adjusted correlation coefficients)

Sample

65 men and women; 23 to 59 years of age

Summary Results

PA Record Scores (activity units)	.83
Lipid Res Clinics	.31
Minn Heart Health	.26
Cardia	.12
Baecke	.38

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Albanes et al. 1990

See reference #13

Methods

Relationship between HIP total activity index, past-week kcal and EI, and summary estimates from other PAQs (Spearman correlations)

Sample

21 USDA employees;28-55 years of age

Summary Results

EI	0.19
EI-REE	0.05
5-City Project	0.40
Framinham	0.75
Minn Leisure	0.52
Lipid Res Clinics	0.68
Baecke	0.78
Paffenbarger:
Harvard U. Alumni	0.53
U. Penn Alumni	0.77

(No P-values provided)

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Leon at al 1981

See reference #29

Methods

Relationship between Occupational PA using HIP job classification and treadmill duration performance

Sample

175 men from MRFIT cohort screening population; 36-59 years of age

Summary Results

HIP job class	0.070
HIP job class -light to moderate	0.028
job sweat	0.118

all ns

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