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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2008 Jul 9;300(2):197–208. doi: 10.1001/jama.300.2.197

Table 2. Total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major coronary events for men in studies in the ABI Collaboration.

Total Mortality Cardiovascular Mortality1 Major Coronary Events2
Study Median (Q1,Q3) years of follow-up Person years of follow-up Number of deaths Annual mortality % (95% CI) Person years of follow-up Number of deaths Annual mortality % (95% CI) Person years of follow-up Number of events Annual events % (95% CI)
ARIC Study 13.1 (12.4, 13.9) 76497 903 1.18 (1.10 to 1.26) 76497 170 0.22 (0.19 to 0.26) 73991 571 0.77 (0.71 to 0.83)
Belgian Physical Fitness Study 10.9 (10.5, 11.4) 22292 83 0.37 (0.29 to 0.45) 22292 13 0.06 (0.03 to 0.09) 22136 98 0.44 (0.36 to 0.53)
Cardiovascular Health Study 11.0 (7.2, 11.6) 16583 839 5.06 (4.73 to 5.39) 16583 263 1.59 (1.40 to 1.78) 15542 432 2.78 (2.52 to 3.04)
Edinburgh Artery Study 15.5 (9.0, 15.9) 8667 295 3.40 (3.02 to 3.79) 8667 84 0.97 (0.76 to 1.18) 8090 113 1.40 (1.14 to 1.65)
Framingham Offspring Study 7.4 (6.6, 8.2) 10182 113 1.11 (0.91 to 1.31) 10182 20 0.20 (0.11 to 0.28) 10052 56 0.56 (0.41 to 0.70)
Health in Men Study 6.3 (5.9, 6.5) 16446 402 2.44 (2.21 to 2.68) 16446 114 0.69 (0.57 to 0.82) - - -
Honolulu Heart Program 6.2 (5.5, 6.9) 17976 882 4.91 (4.59 to 5.22) 17976 231 1.29 (1.12 to 1.45) 17703 205 1.16 (1.00 to 1.32)
Hoorn Study 12.5 (9.8, 13.1) 2969 88 2.96 (2.35 to 3.57) 2969 26 0.88 (0.54 to 1.21) - - -
InCHIANTI Study 3.0 (2.9, 3.1) 1427 30 2.10 (1.36 to 2.85) 1427 11 0.77 (0.32 to 1.22) - - -
Limburg PAOD Study 7.1 (6.6, 7.7) 7088 148 2.09 (1.76 to 2.42) 7088 34 0.48 (0.32 to 0.64) 6864 82 1.19 (0.94 to 1.45)
Men born in 1914 Study 13.3 (8.1, 13.9) 4248 182 4.28 (3.68 to 4.89) 4248 70 1.65 (1.26 to 2.03) 4028 92 2.28 (1.82 to 2.75)
Rotterdam Study 10.9 (8.2, 11.8) 20538 813 3.96 (3.70 to 4.23) 20538 221 1.08 (0.94 to 1.23) 19805 260 1.31 (1.15 to 1.47)
San Diego Study 16.7 (10.4, 22.3) 3843 156 4.06 (3.44 to 4.68) 3843 77 2.00 (1.56 to 2.45) 3581 80 2.23 (1.75 to 2.72)
San Luis Valley Diabetes Study 15.6 (14.4, 16.9) 9765 167 1.71 (1.45 to 1.97) 9765 51 0.52 (0.38 to 0.67) 9265 82 0.89 (0.69 to 1.08)
Strong Heart Study 9.7 (8.9, 10.4) 14935 481 3.22 (2.94 to 3.50) 14935 122 0.82 (0.67 to 0.96) 14573 184 1.27 (1.09 to 1.46)
TOTAL 233457 5582 233457 1507 205628 2255

Q1,Q3 = lower and upper quartiles.

1

Cardiovascular mortality is death due to coronary heart disease or stroke.

2

Major coronary events are myocardial infarction or deaths from coronary heart disease. Data not available for 3 studies.