What is it about?

Analyses of risk factors like obesity, hypertension, physical inactivity, lipids disorders and many other health indices and health determinants in large reprezentative sample of Polish adult population.

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Why is it important?

WOBASZ is the main population representative study in Poland related to risk factors and health behaviors in more than 20.000 men and women. It makes possible to analyze lon-term trends ( 2003-2005 vs 2013-2015) as well to use the data for international comparisons. Main results are described in more than 40 papers in international literature.

Perspectives

Result of WOBASZ, WOBASZ II Study are a good base for monitoring health status, risk factors and health behaviours in XXI cetury in Poland, a country in Central Europe on rapid socioeconomic transition.

Professor Wojciech WK Drygas
Institute of Cardiology Warsaw

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This page is a summary of: Wieloośrodkowe Ogólnopolskie Badanie Stanu Zdrowia Ludności (badanie WOBASZ II): założenia, metody i realizacja, Kardiologia Polska, July 2016, VM Media SP. zo.o VM Group SK,
DOI: 10.5603/kp.a2015.0235.
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