Table 1.
Study population characteristics
| Overall (n=29,573) |
Cases
(n=13,300) |
Participation rate cases |
Controls
(n=16,273) |
Participation rate controls | Data collection (between yrs) | Organic dust exposure (between yrs) | Source of controls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 23,837 | (81%) | 10,810 | (81%) | 13,027 | (80%) | |||||
| Female | 5,736 | (19%) | 2,490 | (19%) | 3,246 | (20%) | ||||||
| Mean age (SD) | 62.4 | (±9.0) | 62.3 | (±8.9) | 62.4 | (±9.0) | ||||||
| Smoking status | Non-smoker | 5,568 | (19%) | 799 | (6%) | 4,759 | (30%) | |||||
| Former smoker | 10,193 | (34%) | 3,827 | (29%) | 6,366 | (39%) | ||||||
| Smoker | 13,801 | (47%) | 8,670 | (65%) | 5,131 | (32%) | ||||||
| Unknown/missing | 21 | (<1%) | 4 | (<1%) | 17 | (<1%) | ||||||
| Study | AUT-Munich (Germany) | 6,429 | (22%) | 3,180 | (24%) | 77% | 3,249 | (20%) | 41% | 1990–1995 | 1931–1995 | Population |
| EAGLE (Italy) | 4,000 | (14%) | 1,917 | (14%) | 87% | 2,083 | (13%) | 72% | 2002–2005 | 1931–2005 | Population | |
| HdA (Germany) | 2,006 | (7%) | 1,004 | (8%) | 69% | 1,002 | (6%) | 68% | 1988–1993 | 1926–1993 | Population | |
| INCO (Czech Rep.) | 756 | (3%) | 304 | (2%) | 94% | 452 | (3%) | 80% | 1998–2002 | 1937–2002 | Hospital | |
| INCO (Hungary) | 696 | (2%) | 391 | (3%) | 90% | 305 | (2%) | 100% | 1998–2001 | 1931–1999 | Hospital | |
| INCO (Poland) | 1,628 | (6%) | 793 | (6%) | 88% | 835 | (5%) | 88% | 1999–2002 | 1937–2001 | Hospital + population | |
| INCO (Romania) | 404 | (1%) | 179 | (1%) | 90% | 225 | (1%) | 99% | 1998–2001 | 1936–2002 | Hospital | |
| INCO (Russia) | 1,179 | (4%) | 599 | (5%) | 96% | 580 | (4%) | 90% | 1998–2000 | 1932–2003 | Hospital | |
| INCO (Slovakia) | 630 | (2%) | 345 | (3%) | 90% | 285 | (2%) | 84% | 1998–2002 | 1936–2002 | Hospital | |
| INCO (UK) | 1,359 | (5%) | 442 | (3%) | 78% | 917 | (6%) | 84% | 1998–2005 | 1933–2003 | Population | |
| LUCA (France) | 589 | (2%) | 297 | (2%) | 98% | 292 | (2%) | 98% | 1989–1992 | 1927–1992 | Hospital | |
| LUCAS (Sweden) | 3,321 | (11%) | 1,014 | (8%) | 87% | 2,307 | (14%) | 85% | 1985–1990 | 1923–1990 | Population | |
| MONTREAL (Canada) | 2,681 | (9%) | 1,176 | (9%) | 85% | 1,505 | (9%) | 69% | 1996–2002 | 1935–2002 | Population | |
| MORGEN (NL) | 251 | (1%) | 64 | (0.5%) | NA | 187 | (1%) | NA | 1993–1997 | 1945–1997 | Population | |
| PARIS (France) | 396 | (1%) | 169 | (1%) | 95% | 227 | (1%) | 95% | 1988–1992 | 1924–1992 | Hospital | |
| ROME (Italy) | 652 | (2%) | 328 | (3%) | 74% | 324 | (2%) | 63% | 1993–1996 | 1926–1996 | Hospital | |
| TURIN/VENETO (Italy) | 2,596 | (9%) | 1,098 | (8%) | 79% | 1,498 | (9%) | 80% | 1990–1994 | 1922–1994 | Population | |