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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: Maturitas. 2005 Jun 13;52(3-4):296–305. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.05.002

Table 1.

Main characteristics of the eight cohort studies

Study Main objective of the study Sample size Population enrolled Period of enrollment
EPIDOS Osteoporosis epidemiology (prospective cohort study) 7517 Electoral roll (Montpellier, Toulouse, Lyon, Paris, Amiens) 1992–1994
ESTEV95 Health, work and aging 7425 Employees followed by 380 occupational physicians (7 regions) 1990/1995
EVA Epidemiology of arterial aging 469 Electoral roll (Nantes) June 1991–June 1993
E3N Risk factors for cancer and chronic diseases 98998 Female members of MGEN health insurance 1990
GAZEL Compliance of HT related with information on its indications 1000 French public electricity company (Electricité de France, EDF) 1990–1996
MONICA Morbidity, mortality and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases 1730 Three registers on cardiovascular diseases (Strasbourg, Toulouse, Lille) 1995–1997
OFELY Osteoporosis 1039 Volunteers among MGEN members 1992
POLA Risk factors for cataract and age-related macular degeneration 1451 Electoral roll (Sète) June 1995–July 1997