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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Rev. 2011 Apr 27;12(9):680–687. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00879.x

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
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.