Table 1. Characteristics of each study contributing to present individual-participant meta-analysis.
Cohort | Year of survey | Total participants, n | Included study members , % | Characteristics of included study members |
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women, n | Age, y * | Total death, n | CVD death, n | ||||
HSE | 1994 | 10599 | 81.7 | 4667 | 55.4 (14.0) | 1854 | 375 |
HSE | 1997 | 5875 | 79.4 | 2474 | 54.7 (13.3) | 651 | 204 |
HSE | 1998 | 11058 | 76.7 | 4589 | 55.2 (13.7) | 1090 | 381 |
HSE | 2001 | 11283 | 68.1 | 4119 | 54.9 (13.3) | 503 | 177 |
HSE | 2002 | 5399 | 68.7 | 2055 | 54.7 (13.7) | 199 | 81 |
HSE | 2003 | 10887 | 66.3 | 3905 | 55.2 (13.3) | 286 | 104 |
SHS | 1995 | 4525 | 73.0 | 1804 | 49.3 (8.9) | 444 | 124 |
SHS | 1998 | 11636 | 66.4 | 4260 | 50.1 (11.6) | 1196 | 388 |
SHS | 2003 | 11602 | 50.9 | 3226 | 57.2 (13.4) | 418 | 164 |
HSE: Health Survey for England; SHS: Scottish Health Survey;
mean±SD
“Included study members” are those who consented to follow-up and had data on body mass index, BMI; waist circumference, WC and waist-to-hip ratio, WHR.