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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Agromedicine. 2020 Mar 17;26(2):97–108. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1713274

Table 1:

Characteristics of the AGRICOH cohorts that included respiratory outcomes

Cohort Country Sample Size Year Male (%) Mean Age (std) Age Range Smoking (%)+
BMI (%)+
Never Past Current <20 20 - <25 25 - <30 ≥30

Africa
 Ethiopia13 Ethiopia 206 2014 69 27 (7) 15–57 95 0 5 32 56 11 1
 KwaZulu-Natal Crop Farmers14 South Africa 911 2006 0 42 (13) 18–82 94 0 6 NR NR NR NR
 Western Cape Fruit Farm Workers15 South Africa 211 2009 0 37 (12) 17–73 50 0 50 17 28 22 33
 North West Poultry Workers16 South Africa 230 2012 68 37 (9) 21–68 56 1 43 17 48 17 17
Asia
 KMCC17 Korea 8,431 2004 44 58 (10) 19–91 60 11 29 14 65 18 3
Europe
 AGRICAN18 France 128,388 2007 56 65 (15) 20–105 65 27 9 4 37 44 15
 BM3R19 France 5,095 2013 59 57 (9) 40–75 65 22 14 4 46 31 19
 FERMA20 France 473 2012 71 47 (12) 18–78 55 24 21 8 45 29 17
 Franche-Comte Farmers21 France 915 2006 74 55 (11) 30–80 62 24 15 2 49 32 17
 Norwegian Farmers22 Norway 4,735 2009 60 49 (11) 21–69 50 22 28 2 43 44 11
 PIPAH23 United Kingdom 4,536 2014 98 54 (12) 19–88 65 26 9 2 41 44 13
 SUS Study24 Denmark 1,964 1992 88 19 (3) 17–49 70 0 30 NR NR NR NR
North America
 AHS* USA 39,464 2016 53 65 (11) 32–104 68 27 5 3 22 40 35
 Farmer Health Study25 USA 1,947 1993 90 54 (13) 21–90 55 32 12 NR NR NR NR
 KCRHS26 USA 1,256 1997 44 52 (16) 18–92 62 24 15 3 31 31 36
Oceania
 New Zealand27 New Zealand 4,288 2005 52 49 (11) 20–93 58 30 12 4 36 44 17
 Victorian Grain Farmers28 Australia 1,102 1995 100 51 (13) 19–90 57 13 30 NR NR NR NR
South America
 MAUCO29 Chile 7,080 2015 39 54 (10) 36–77 45 23 31 1 16 44 40
*

Data not yet published

+

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding

If multiple years included in cohort, the last year of data collection is provided

BMI, body mass index; NR, not reported

KMCC, Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort; AHS, Agricultural Health Study; GDMSP, Grain Dust Medical Surveillance Program; KCRHS, Keokuk County Rural Health Study