Table 5.

Number of observations, participants, and estimated cases that we expect to include in the primary analyses.

Analysis	Number of observations	Number of participants	Observations/Participants	Estimated number of casesa	Variance inflation factor
Cross-sectional	11,670	7166	1.63	2334	1.31
Prospective	4746	3271	1.45	2610	1.05

^aA case in the primary analysis will be defined as the shift from no use of antihypertensive drugs in examination n to use of antihypertensive drugs in examination n+1 or an above median delta value of systolic blood pressure (systolic blood pressure in examination n+1-systolic blood pressure in examination n).