NHS Health Check attendance is associated with reduced multiorgan disease risk: a matched cohort study in the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The NHS Health Check is a preventive programme in the UK designed to screen for cardiovascular risk and to aid in primary disease prevention. Despite its widespread implementation, the effectiveness of the NHS Health Check for longer-term disease prevention is unclear. In this study, we measured the rate of new diagnoses in UK Biobank participants who underwent the NHS Health Check compared with those who did not.

Methods

Within the UK Biobank prospective study, 48,602 NHS Health Check recipients were identified from linked primary care records. These participants were then covariate-matched on an extensive range of socio-demographic, lifestyle, and medical factors with 48,602 participants without record of the check. Follow-up diagnoses were ascertained from heal

SUBMITTER: McCracken C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804500 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature