Table 1.
Description of cohorts
| Cohort (country) | No | Events (No) | Mean follow-up time in years, mean (SD) | Age, No (%) | Sex, No (%) | Smoking status, No (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular deaths | Acute coronary events | Stroke events | 60-69 | ≥70 | Male | Female | Never smokers | Former smokers | Current smokers | |||||
| ELSA (England) | 10 816 | 1491 | 524 | 941 | 9.7 (4.0) | 5065 (46.8) | 5751 (53.2) | 4772 (44.1) | 6044 (55.9) | 4642 (42.9) | 4481 (41.4) | 1677 (15.5) | ||
| EPIC-Elderly Greece | 9863 | 936 | 541 | 513 | 10.0 (3.7) | 7056 (71.5) | 2807 (28.5) | 3921 (39.8) | 5942 (60.3) | 6658 (67.5) | 1781 (18.1) | 1134 (11.5) | ||
| EPIC-Elderly Spain | 5185 | 179 | 70 | 36 | 13.2 (2.4) | 5185 (100) | 0 (0) | 2239 (43.2) | 2946 (56.8) | 3468 (66.9) | 846 (16.3) | 866 (16.7) | ||
| EPIC-Elderly Sweden | 3364 | 155 | 269 | 28 | 13.3 (3.0) | 3324 (98.8) | 40 (1.2) | 1584 (47.1) | 1780 (52.9) | 2007 (59.7) | 719 (21.4) | 552 (16.4) | ||
| EPIC-Elderly the Netherlands | 6896 | 301 | 194 | 276 | 12.6 (2.9) | 6891 (99.9) | 5 (0.1) | 6579 (95.4) | 3247 (47.1) | 2398 (34.8) | 1208 (17.5) | |||
| ESTHER (Germany) | 6545 | 376 | 215 | 397 | 10.8 (2.4) | 4981 (76.1) | 1564 (23.9) | 2979 (45.5) | 3566 (54.5) | 3412 (52.1) | 2104 (32.2) | 803 (12.3) | ||
| HAPIEE Czech Republic | 3838 | 206 | 150 | 172 | 7.8 (1.7) | 3684 (96.0) | 154 (4.0) | 1838 (47.9) | 2000 (52.1) | 1916 (48.5) | 1225 (31.9) | 697 (18.2) | ||
| HAPIEE Lithuania | 4092 | 132 | 81 | 86 | 4.5 (0.9) | 3117 (76.2) | 975 (23.8) | 1866 (45.6) | 2226 (54.4) | 2808 (68.6) | 742 (18.1) | 485 (11.9) | ||
| HAPIEE Poland | 3957 | 185 | 120 | 49 | 6.8 (1.4) | 3838 (97.0) | 119 (3.0) | 2006 (50.7) | 1951 (49.3) | 1821 (46.0) | 1261 (31.9) | 860 (21.7) | ||
| HAPIEE Russia | 3889 | 345 | 217 | 155 | 6.2 (1.6) | 3777 (97.1) | 112 (2.9) | 1792 (46.1) | 2097 (53.9) | 2553 (65.7) | 557 (14.3) | 779 (20.0) | ||
| MORGAM Brianza (Italy) | 713 | 81 | 75 | 51 | 15.4 (5.1) | 713 (100) | 0 (0) | 375 (52.6) | 338 (47.4) | 390 (54.7) | 163 (22.9) | 153 (21.5) | ||
| MORGAM Catalonia (Spain) | 740 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 8.5 (2.2) | 740 (100) | 0 (0) | 441 (59.6) | 299 (40.4) | 367 (49.6) | 188 (25.4) | 176 (23.8) | ||
| MORGAM FINRISK (Finland) | 6106 | 1075 | 963 | 738 | 12.9 (6.3) | 5257 (68.1) | 849 (13.9) | 3099 (50.8) | 3007 (49.2) | 3197 (52.4) | 1932 (31.6) | 855 (14.0) | ||
| MORGAM Glostrup (Denmark) | 4109 | 880 | 701 | 746 | 14.8 (6.7) | 2883 (70.2) | 1226 (29.8) | 2104 (51.2) | 2005 (48.8) | 1311 (31.9) | 1055 (25.7) | 1523 (37.1) | ||
| MORGAM KORA Augsburg (Germany) | 3209 | 739 | 422 | 105 | 13.9 (5.7) | 2465 (76.8) | 744 (23.2) | 1670 (52.0) | 1539 (48.0) | 1844 (57.5) | 841 (26.2) | 470 (14.7) | ||
| MORGAM Northern Sweden | 906 | 60 | 11 | 43 | 7.8 (3.3) | 763 (84.2) | 143 (15.8) | 468 (51.7) | 438 (48.3) | 477 (52.7) | 246 (27.2) | 166 (18.3) | ||
| MORGAM SHIP Greifswald (Germany) | 1406 | 140 | - | - | 9.0 (2.5) | 790 (56.2) | 616 (43.8) | 759 (54.0) | 647 (46.0) | 745 (53.0) | 455 (32.4) | 164 (11.7) | ||
| MORGAM Warsaw (Poland) | 639 | 79 | 8 | 3 | 9.7 (4.6) | 639 (100) | 0 (0) | 318 (49.8) | 321 (50.2) | 266 (41.6) | 158 (24.7) | 213 (33.3) | ||
| NHANES (USA) | 6596 | 2146 | - | - | 9.9 (5.2) | 2608 (39.5) | 3988 (60.5) | 3117 (47.3) | 3479 (52.7) | 3046 (46.2) | 2400 (36.4) | 1137 (17.2) | ||
| NIH-AARP (USA) | 366 919 | 25 769 | - | - | 11.4 (2.8) | 345 580 (94.2) | 21 339 (5.8) | 223 352 (60.9) | 143 567 (39.1) | 125,048 (34.1) | 188 942 (51.5) | 38 271 (10.4) | ||
| SENECA (Europe) | 2584 | 573 | - | - | 8.6 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 2584 (100) | 1281 (49.6) | 1303 (50.4) | 1386 (53.6) | 734 (28.4) | 464 (18.0) | ||
| SHARE (Europe) | 40 044 | 189 | - | - | 1.6 (1.2) | 20 310 (50.7) | 19 734 (49.3) | 18 377 (45.9) | 21 667 (54.1) | 15 622 (39.0) | 7747 (19.4) | 3805 (9.5) | ||
| SMC (Sweden) | 4699 | 39 | 55 | 102 | 4.8 (1.4) | 3120 (66.4) | 1579 (33.6) | 0 (0) | 4699 (100) | 2208 (47.0) | 1564 (33.3) | 416 (8.9) | ||
| Tromsø (Norway) | 5851 | 1563 | 1109 | 890 | 11.9 (4.3) | 3099 (53.0) | 2752 (47.0) | 2613 (44.7) | 3238 (55.3) | 2111 (36.1) | 2184 (37.3) | 1550 (26.5) | ||
| Zutphen (the Netherlands) | 939 | 288 | 211 | 141 | 9.6 (5.1) | 381 (40.6) | 558 (60.4) | 939 (100) | 0 (0) | 138 (14.7) | 435 (46.3) | 313 (33.3) | ||
| Summary | 503 905 | 37 952 | 5966 | 5497 | 436 266 (86.6) | 67 639 (13.4) | 282 227 (56..0) | 221 678 (44.0) | 190 688 (40.2%) | 225 158 (47.4%) | 58 737 (12.4%) | |||