Participants
headaches, headache
MAY
The EVA-Tyrol study is a community-based non-randomized controlled trial conducted in Tyrol (Austria) and in Bruneck (South-Tyrol, Italy) between May 2015 and September 2018 aiming to increase cardiovascular health in adolescents aged 14 years and above. The study protocol has been previously published elsewhere [We included all adolescents aged 14 to 19 years with complete information on headache classification, sex, age, systolic blood pressure, body length, weight, physical activity, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, aspartate-aminotransferase (ASAT), blood-glucose level, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)- and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol. Data was used from the follow-up examination of the intervention group and from the control group. In case participants of the intervention group did not participate in the follow-up examination baseline data was used (overview in Fig. Flow-chart of study population, prevalence of headaches and group allocationAn informed consent was signed by all participants and if legal age (18 years) was not reached, additionally by a legal representative. EVA-Tyrol is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov 29/04/2019 (NCT03929692).