Table 1.
Description of SYNERGY- studies 1985–2010 included in analysis, men and women
| First Author, Year (Reference No.) | Study (Short Names) | Country | Data Collection | Cases | Controls | Source of Controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Response Rate (%) | No. | Response Rate (%) | Data Source | Interviewee | |||||
| Bruske-Hohlfeld, 2000 (27) | AUT-MUNICH | Germany | 1990–1995 | 3,180 | 77 | 3,249 | 41 | P | I | S |
| Jöckel, 1998 (28) | HdA | Germany | 1988–1993 | 1,004 | 69 | 1,004 | 68 | P | I | S |
| Consonni, 2010 (29) | EAGLE | Italy | 2002–2005 | 1,943 | 87 | 2,116 | 72 | P | I | S |
| Richiardi, 2004 (30) | TURIN/VENETO | Italy | 1990–1994 | 1,132 | 79 | 1,553 | 80 | P | I | S |
| Stücker, 2002 (31) | LUCA | France | 1989–1992 | 309 | 98 | 302 | 98 | H | I | S |
| Guida, 2011 (32) | ICARE | France | 2001–2007 | 2,926 | 87 | 3,555 | 81 | P | I | S & NOK |
| Lopez-Cima, 2007 (33) | CAPUA | Spain | 2000–2010 | 875 | 91 | 838 | 96 | H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO | Czech Republic | 1999–2002 | 304 | 94 | 453 | 80 | H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO | Hungary | 1998–2001 | 402 | 90 | 315 | 100 | H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO | Poland | 1998–2002 | 800 | 88 | 841 | 88 | P & H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO | Slovakia | 1998–2002 | 346 | 90 | 285 | 84 | H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO | Romania | 1998–2002 | 181 | 90 | 228 | 99 | H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO | Russia | 1998–2001 | 600 | 96 | 580 | 90 | H | I | S |
| Scelo, 2004 (34) | INCO-LLP | United Kingdom | 1998–2005 | 442 | 78 | 918 | 84 | P | I | S |
| Gustavsson, 2000 (35) | LUCAS | Sweden | 1985–1990 | 1,042 | 87 | 2,356 | 85 | P | Q | S & NOK |
| Corbin, 2011 (36) | OCANZ | New Zealand | 2003–2009 | 457 | 53 | 792 | 48 | P | I & T | S & NOK |
| Ramanakumar, 2007 (37) | MONTREAL | Canada | 1996–2002 | 1,203 | 85 | 1,509 | 69 | P | I & T | S & NOK |
| Brenner, 2012 (38) | TORONTO | Canada | 1997–2002 | 425 | 62 | 910 | 71 | P & H | I & T | S |
| TSE, 2012 (39) | HONG KONG | China | 2003–2007 | 1,208 | 96 | 1,069 | 48 | P | I & T | S & NOK |
| Overall | 1985–2010 | 18,779 | 84 | 22,873 | 78 | |||||
Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; H, control subjects enrolled from hospitals; P, control subjects enrolled from the general population; I, interview face to face; T, interview over the phone; Q, self-administered questionnaire; S, study participant; NOK, next-of-kin e.g. husband or wife of the study participant; AUT-Munich, Arbeit und Technik; HdA, Humanisierung des Arbeitslebens; EAGLE, Environment and Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology; TURIN/VENETO, Population based case-control study of lung cancer in the the city of Turin and in the Eastern part of Veneto Region; LUCA, Lung cancer in France; ICARE, Investigations Cancers Respiratoires et Environnement; CAPUA, Cancer de Pulmon en Asturias; INCO, INCO Copernicus IARC multicenter case-control study of occupational, environment and lung cancer in Central and Eastern Europe; LLP, Liverpool Lung Project; LUCAS, Lung cancer in Stockholm; OCANZ, Occupational Cancer in New Zealand; MONTREAL, Montreal case-control study of environmental causes of lung cancer; TORONTO; Toronto lung cancer (case-control) study; HONG KONG, Male lung cancer, occupational exposures and smoking – A case-control study in Hong Kong.