Table 1.

Overview of the EPIC cohorts contributing to the InterAct type 2 diabetes case-cohort study.

Country	Centre	Baseline collection		Stored samples
		Period	N	N	% Women	5th and 95th Age Percentiles
France	Ile-de-France	1993-1996	14,196	5,202	100	44-65
	North-West France	1993-1996	13,073	3,880	100	44-65
	North-East France	1993-1996	16,244	3,919	100	44-65
	Rhone-Alpes/Auvergne	1993-1996	9,966	3,319	100	44-65
	Provence/Languedoc	1993-1997	10,126	2,690	100	44-65
	South-West France	1993-1996	10,919	2,076	100	44-65
Italy	Florence	1992-1998	13,597	13,597	74	37-63
	Varese	1993-1997	12,083	12,073	79	39-64
	Ragusa	1993-1997	6,403	6,397	52	36-61
	Turin	1993-1998	10,604	10,604	43	37-62
	Naples	1993-1997	5,062	5,057	100	38-63
Spain	Asturias	1992-1995	8,542	8,422	64	36-62
	Granada	1992-1996	7,879	6,892	77	36-64
	Murcia	1992-1996	8,516	8,146	68	36-62
	Navarra	1992-1995	8,084	8,030	52	37-62
	San Sebastian	1992-1995	8,417	8,338	51	37-62
UK	Cambridge	1993-1998	30,441	24,036	55	45-74
	Oxford	1993-1998	57,489	19,241	77	24-70
Netherlands	Bilthoven	1993-1997	22,715	19,388	55	23-58
	Utrecht	1993-1997	17,357	16,930	100	49-68
Germany	Heidelberg	1994-1998	25,540	24,236	53	37-63
	Potsdam	1994-1998	27,548	26,444	60	36-64
Sweden	Malmö	1991-1996	28,098	28,053	61	47-71
	Umeå	1992-1996	25,728	25,728	52	30-60
Denmark	Aarhus	1995-1997	17,154	17,094	51	50-64
	Copenhagen	1993-1997	39,899	39,036	53	50-64
Total			455,680	348,828