Table 2.

Characteristics of Adventist Mortality Study (AMS), Adventist Health Study-1 (AHS-1), and Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2).

Sources	Location	Number of Subjects (n)	Age Range (years)	Years of Follow-Up (years)	Outcomes of Interest	Study Design
Adventist Mortality Study (AMS) [16]	California	22,940 64.6% Female	35–90	1960–1976	Disease Mortality	Prospective
Adventist Health Study-1 (AHS-1) [17]	California	34,198 60.1% Female	25–90	1976–1982 (incidence) 1976–1988 (mortality)	Disease incidence & mortality	Prospective
Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) [14]	50 U.S. States & Canada	96,194 65.1% Female	30–112	2002–(ongoing)	Disease Incidence & morality	Prospective