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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 3. Total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major coronary events for women 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 13.2 (12.4, 13.9) 102458 773 0.75 (0.70 to 0.81) 102458 133 0.13 (0.11 to 0.15) 101121 362 0.36 (0.32 to 0.39)
Cardiovascular Health Study 11.2 (8.3, 11.6) 27447 851 3.10 (2.90 to 3.31) 27447 262 0.95 (0.84 to 1.07) 26652 374 1.40 (1.26 to 1.54)
Edinburgh Artery Study 15.8 (14.2, 16.1) 9836 200 2.03 (1.75 to 2.31) 9836 41 0.42 (0.29 to 0.54) 9602 57 0.59 (0.44 to 0.75)
Framingham Offspring Study 7.4 (6.6, 8.3) 12344 68 0.55 (0.42 to 0.68) 12344 5 0.04 (0.01 to 0.08) 12272 24 0.20 (0.12 to 0.27)
Hoorn Study 12.6 (10.6, 13.2) 3212 76 2.37 (1.84 to 2.89) 3212 23 0.72 (0.42 to 1.01) - - -
InCHIANTI Study 3.0 (2.9, 3.2) 1711 26 1.52 (0.94 to 2.10) 1711 12 0.70 (0.31 to 1.10) - - -
Limburg PAOD Study 7.1 (6.7, 7.6) 9273 114 1.23 (1.01 to 1.45) 9273 26 0.28 (0.17 to 0.39) 9168 53 0.58 (0.42 to 0.73)
Rotterdam Study 11.1 (9.3, 12.1) 35407 1131 3.19 (3.01 to 3.38) 35407 352 0.99 (0.89 to 1.10) 34968 283 0.81 (0.72 to 0.90)
San Diego Study 19.6 (13.0, 22.6) 5443 177 3.25 (2.78 to 3.72) 5443 76 1.40 (1.08 to 1.71) 5361 65 1.21 (0.92 to 1.51)
San Luis Valley Diabetes Study 15.8 (14.6, 17.1) 12542 163 1.30 (1.10 to 1.50) 12542 53 0.42 (0.31 to 0.54) 12293 58 0.47 (0.35 to 0.59)
Strong Heart Study 9.9 (9.1, 10.7) 24305 551 2.27 (2.08 to 2.45) 24305 137 0.56 (0.47 to 0.66) 24010 183 0.76 (0.65 to 0.87)
Women's Health & Aging Study 5.0 (3.8, 5.1) 2890 212 7.34 (6.39 to 8.29) 2890 91 3.15 (2.51 to 3.79) 2620 170 6.49 (5.55 to 7.43)
TOTAL 246868 4342 246868 1211 238066 1629

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.