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. 2013 Sep 13;1:26. doi: 10.1186/2050-7771-1-26

Table 2.

Study details

Study REF Source papers Location Study type a Study duration N b Sex c Baseline year d
ALLEN
[14,15]
USA
RCT
6 weeks
935
B
1990
BASLER
[16]
Germany
RCT
3 months
139
B
1990
BURNET
[17,18]
USA
Obs
13 years
417
F
1983-84
ELIAS1
[19]
Sweden
Cess
8 weeks
40
M
1995
ELIAS2
[20]
Sweden
Cess
16 weeks
58
B
1995-96
FEHER
[21,22]
UK
Cess
2 weekse
30
B
1988
FERRAR
[23]
USA
Cess
4 weeks
10
F
1999
FORTMA
[24,25]
USA
Obs/Int
3 years
40f
B
1979-80
GEPNER
[26-29]
USA
RCT
3 years
923
B
2005-07
GERACE
[30,31]
USA
Obs/Int
72 months
3470
M
1973-76
GREEN
[32]
Israel
Obs
1-4 years
968
M
1985-87
HAUSTE
[33-35]
Germany
Cess
6 months
197
M
2001
IINO
[36]
Japan
Cess
12 months
41
B
2002-03
KONDO
[12]
Japan
Cess
4 weeks
29
M
2003
KORHON
[37]
USA
RCT
15 weeks
130
F
2004-07
KUME
[38]
Japan
Obs
3 years
3053
B
2003-07
KUSHIM
[39]
Japan
Obs
5 years
1431
M
1985
LEE
[40]
Korea
Cess
2 months
20
M
2009
LUDVIK
[41,42]
Iceland
RCT
3 months
157
B
1989
MASARE
[43]
Australia
Cess
6 months
64
B
1984
MOFFA1
[44]
USA
Cess
60 days
36
F
1986
MOFFA2
[11]
USA
Cess
30 days
45
B
1991
MOFFA3
[45]
USA
RCT/Comm
77 days
43
B
1999
NIAURA
[46]
USA
RCT
12 weeks
28
F
1996
NILSSO
[47]
Sweden
RCT
4 months
400
B
1994
NORREG
[48]
Denmark
RCT
1 year
225
B
1994
PRIEME
[49]
Denmark
RCT
26 weeks
182
B
1996
PULS
[50]
Germany
Cess
5 weeks
218
B
2003-05
QUENSE
[51]
Sweden
Cess
2 weeks
24
M
1987
RABKIN
[52]
Canada
RCT
2-3 months
140
B
1982
RAHILL
[53]
USA
Obs
30 years
2280g
M
1961-70
RICHAR
[54]
France
Cess
3-12 weeks
101
B
1995
SHENNA
[55]
UK
Obs
4 years
41f
M
1980-83
STAMFO
[56]
USA
Cess
48 days/1 year
24
F
1984
STUBBE
[57]
Sweden
Cess
6 weeks
21
M
1981
SUWAZO
[58]
Japan
Obs
15 years
7058
M
1991-2002
SWANK
[59]
USA
Cess
7 weeks
19
F
1990
TAMURA
[60]
Japan
Obs/Int
4 years
1102
M
1999-2000
TERRES
[61]
Germany
Cess
24 weeks
121
B
1990-92
TONSTA
[62]h
Norway
RCT
1 year
55
B
1999-2000
VANDEN
[63]
Netherlands
Cess
1 year
106
M
1997-98
YAMAMO
[64]
Japan
Obs
3 years
7321
M
1989
YEH
[65,66]
USA
Obs
5 years
10892
B
1987-89
YOON
[67]
Korea
Obs
12 years
2848
M
1995-2006
ZHANG [68] China Cess 3-6 months 67 M 2009-10

aRCT = randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation aid or method. RCT/Comm = RCT with community control group. Cess = other smoking cessation study. Obs/Int = observational study as follow-up to an intervention study (other than of smoking cessation). Obs = other observational study.

bTotal number of subjects in the study.

cB = both sexes, F = females, M = males.

dIf not stated the year before publication is assumed.

eSubjects were studied 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after stopping smoking.

fTotal number not stated, number shown is quitters FORTMA, SHENNA.

gOf the 2280 total participants, 1420 had at least 2 HDL-C measurements. An “observation” was taken as a successive pair of HDL-C measurements. Each person contributed between 1 and 9 (mean 4) observations to the total of 5895 observations analysed RAHILL.

hResults for a second study also reported by this paper were rejected as the subjects all had documented cardiovascular disease TONSTA.