Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies in the literature review of cardiovascular disease incidence in refugees and asylum seekers.

Authors (Year)	Country/Region of native population	Origin or ethnicity of Refugees	N of refugees and asylum seekers	% of women	Observation period	Study type	Data source	Outcome	Confounders adjusted for	Quality score
Bo et al. (2015)	Denmark	Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Turkey, East Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, South and middle America, Sub-Saharan Africa, The Former Yugoslavia, The Middle East, and North Africa	113,918	28.2	1993–1999	Historical prospective cohort	Danish National Patient Registry, the National Causes of Death Registry, Registry for Population Statistics	First-time CHD incidence	Age, income	35/40
Linton et al. (2020)	USA	Burma; Bhutan; Moldova; Russia; Somalia; Ukraine	30,243	47.1	2006–2016	Retrospective cohort	Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System	Cause of death	Age, region of origin	23/40
Nguyen et al. (2016)	USA	Iran, Ukraine, Vietnam	21,968	51.7	2002–2011	Cross-sectional	The California Department of Public Health's Refugee Health Electronic Information System	Prevalence of chronic conditions	Age, sex	34/40
Njeru et al. (2016)	USA	Somalia	1007	61.1	2008–2012	Retrospective Cohort	Electronic Medical Records	Prevalence of CVD	Age, sex, Body Mass Index (BMI), education, employment, time since first clinic visit	35/40
Norredam et al. (2014)	Denmark	East Europe, Baltics, and Central Asia Former Yugoslavia Western Asia and North Africa, including Turkey and Iraq Sub-Saharan Africa South-Eastern and Eastern Asia South Asia Western Europe, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand	43,992	41.6	1993–2010	Historical prospective cohort	Personal ID number cross-references with Danish National Patient Register	First-time CVD incidence	Age, sex	35/40
van Oostrum et al. (2011)	Netherlands	WCS Africa NEH Africa CES Europe ME/SW Asia CES Asia Stateless persons, South and Central America	222,217	39.5	2002–2005	Historical prospective cohort	Community Health Services for Asylum Seekers	Cause of death	Age, country of origin	36/40
Yun et al. (2012)	USA	East, South, and Southeast Asia Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean The Middle East and North Africa Oceania and Canada Sub-Saharan Africa	490	50.1	2003	Cross-sectional	2003 New Immigrant Survey (NIS)	Prevalence of chronic conditions	Age, time in the United States, sex, region of origin, marital status, education, English proficiency, employment status, and income	34/40