Publications by authors named "Gerd Herold"

Aim: To evaluate the effects of a multimodal intervention (including exercise training, psychosocial interventions, nutrition coaching, smoking cessation program, medical care) on the health and long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk of company employees with pre-diabetes or diabetes mellitus (DM) at high CVD risk.

Methods: In the PreFord study, German company employees (n=4196) participated in a free-of-charge CVD mortality risk screening at their workplace. Based on their European Society of Cardiology - Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation score (ESC-SCORE), they were subdivided into three risk groups.

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Unlabelled: Trial design Prospective randomized multicentre interventional study. Methods Individual cardiovascular risk assessment in Ford Company, Germany employees ( n = 4.196), using the European Society of Cardiology-Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (ESC-SCORE) for classification into three risk groups.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide contemporary data on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged diabetic employees in Germany.

Methods: Cardiovascular risk factors were assessed at the workplace in employees of the automobile industry who identified themselves as having type 2 diabetes mellitus. The proportion of subjects reaching the target values for hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), systolic blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was analyzed.

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