Design of the sex hormones and physical exercise (SHAPE) study

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Table 2 Time schedule of the measurements in the SHAPE study

Measurement	Time (months)
	-0.5	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Blood sampling	√					√								√
Anthropometry	√					√								√
Ultrasound abdomen	√					√								√
Whole body DEXA scan	√					√								√
Blood pressure	√					√								√
Submaximal exercise test	√					√								√
Medication use (internet database)	√					√								√
General questionnaire#	√
Physical activity questionnaire	√													√
Past week activity questionnaire	√					√				√				√
Food frequency questionnaire	√													√
Exercise programme (intervention only)		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Exercise logs (intervention only)		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

# General questionnaire includes demographic information, reproductive factors, smoking information and medical history

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