Table 2:
Meta-analysis study characteristics
| Cohort | Country or region | Follow-up, years | Total number of participant (proportion of women) | Age, years | Proportion of patients with diabetes | Proportion of patients with previous cardiovascular disease | Animal and plant score | All-cause death (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This study | ARIC | USA | 25 (median) |
15 428 (56%) | 45–64 | 12% | 4% | Yes | 6283 |
| Lagiou et al10 | Scandinavian Women’s Lifestyle and Health Cohort | Sweden | 12 (mean) |
42 237 (100%) | 30–49 | Patients excluded | Patients excluded | No | 588 |
| Trichopoulou et al11 | EPIC | Greece | 4.9 (mean) |
22 944 (59%) | 20–86 | Patients excluded | Patients excluded | No | 455 |
| Fung et al9 | NHS | USA | 26 | 85 168 (100%) | 34–59 | Patients excluded | Patients excluded | Yes | 12 555 |
| Fung et al9 | HPFS | USA | 20 | 44 548 (0%) | 40–75 | Patients excluded | Patients excluded | Yes | 8678 |
| Nilsson et al8 | Västerbotten Intervention Programme | Sweden | 10 (median) |
77 319 (51%) | 49 (median) |
3% | NR | No | 2383 |
| Nakamura et al24 | NIPPON DATA80 | Japan | 29 | 9200 (56%) | 51 (mean) |
NR | NR | Yes | 3443 |
| Dehghan et al13 | PURE | Multinational | 7.4 (median) |
135 335 (58%) | 50.3 (mean) |
7.1% | NR | No | 5796 |
ARIC=Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities. EPIC=European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. NHS=Nurses Health Study. HPFS=Health Professionals Follow-up Study. NR=not recorded. NIPPON DATA80 National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Non-communicable Disease and its Trends in the Aged. PURE=Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology.