Table IV.

Characteristics of prospective cohort studies included in the analysis

Author, year and reference	Country, region/cohort	Men (%)	Age	Follow-up time [years]	No. of cases	No. of subjects	Parameter	Outcome	Main confounders
Larsson, 2016 [12]	Sweden, Cohort of Swedish Men and the Swedish Mammography Cohort	52.0	45–83	13	4003	69,313	Potato consumption	CVD* and stroke death	Age, education, family history of MI before 60 years, smoking status and pack-years of smoking, aspirin use, walking or bicycling, exercise, BMI, history of hypertension, history of hypercholesterolemia, alcohol consumption, total energy intake and DASH diet score
Veronese, 2017 [14]	USA, Osteoarthritis Initiative cohort study,	42.1	61.3	8	236	4,400	Potato consumption	Total death	Age, gender, race/ethnicity, BMI, education, smoking habits, yearly income, Physical Activity Scale for Elderly score, Charlson comorbidity index, daily energy intake, alcohol consumption, adherence to a Mediterranean diet, and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale
Mazidi, 2019	US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	48.7	47.7	6.4	3433	24,856	Potato consumption	Total death, CVD, stroke and cancer death	Age, gender, race, education, and marital status, poverty to income ratio, total energy intake, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, dietary fat, carbohydrates, saturated fat, protein, dietary fiber, BMI, hypertension and diabetes

CVD – cardiovascular disease, MI – myocardial infarction, BMI – body mass index, DASH – Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.