Table 2.

Comparison of characteristics between included and excluded SHARE projects

Characteristic	Included (Total N = 24)	Excluded (Total N = 20)
Year	2014: 1 2015: 1 2016: 12 2017: 6 2018: 2 2019: 2	2013: 1 2014: 2 2015: 9 2016: 4 2017: 4
Study Type	Trials: 16 Observational: 8	Trials: 18 Observational: 2
Region Involved	East: 10 Southeast: 6 West: 4 North: 1 East/West: 1 All: 2	East: 6 Southeast: 2 North: 4 East/Southeast: 1 East/North: 3 Southeast/West: 1 All: 3
Research Domain	Cardiovascular disease: 7 Diabetes: 4 Respiratory disease: 2 Alzheimer’s: 2 Mental disorder: 2 Other (gastrointestinal disease, menstruation, kidney disease, liver disease, nutrition, obesity, muscular disease): 7	Diabetes: 5 Cardiovascular disease: 4 Respiratory disease: 3 Alzheimer’s: 3 Nutrition: 2 Other (mental disorder, pain, osteoarthritis): 3