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Table 1 Characteristics of the prospective studies on stroke

From: Risk Factors of Stroke in Western and Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

First author

Publication year

Sex

Research site

Type of stroke

Sample (person-years)

Sample who had a stroke

Risk factors (Sample who had a stroke)

Source of the cohort

A.G. Shaper [11]

1991

Men

England

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

7,735

110

Smoking (98)

The British Regional Heart Study [24]

Kathryn M. Rexrode [25]

1997

Women

England

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

866

672

BMI (672)

The Nurses' Health Study [26, 27]

K. Berger [28]

1998

Men & women

Germany

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

12,866

39

SBP (36), Hypertension (17), Diabetes (3), Smoking (19)

The PROCAM Studyâ–³ [29, 30]

Leon A. Simons [31]

1998

Men & women

Australia

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

2,805

306

BMI (306), SBP (306), Diabetes (N/A), Coronary heart disease (N/A), AF (N/A), Smoking (N/A)

The Dubbo Study [32]

K.S. Wong [33]

1999

Men & women

Asianâ—†

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

3,186

2,403

AF (265), Diabetes (634), Ischemic heart disease (431)

The hospital participants in an Asian country

P McCarron [34]

2001

Men

England

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

4,826

293

BMI (293), SBP (293), Diabetes (13), AF (9), Smoking (87)

The Caerphilly and Speedwell Collaborative Studies [35, 36]

Yao He [37]

2003

Men & women

China

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

1,268

45

BMI (45), SBP (45), Hypertension (N/A)

The cadre's sanitarium in Xi’an, China

Helen Rodgers [38]

2004

Men & women

Northern England

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

4,440

329

BMI (329), Hypertension (150), Diabetes (24), Coronary heart disease (53), AF (32), LVH (45), Alcohol (124), Smoking (84)

The population-based survey of atrial fibrillation [39]

Yun-Mi Song (a) [40]

2004

Men

Korea

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

234,863

7,444

BMI (7,444), SBP (7,444)

The participants were provided by KNHS.

Yun-Mi Song (b) [41]

2004

Men & women

Korea

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

14,057

10,716

SBP (10,716)

The participants were provided by KNHS.

Xiao-Fei Zhang [42]

2004

Men

China

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

5,092

124

BMI (124), SBP (124), Hypertension (80), Smoking (124)

The workforce of Beijing, China

Wei Wang [43]

2006

Men & women

China

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

30,378

565

SBP (565), Smoking (188), Diabetes (57)

The CMCS studyâ–³ [44]

Per Harmsen [45]

2006

Men

Sweden

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

7,457

317

BMI (317), SBP (317), Diabetes (147), AF (37), Smoking (159)

The Multifactor Primary Prevention Study [46]

Mohsen Janghorbani [47]

2007

Women

Iran

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

121,701

2,384

Diabetes (92)

The Nurses’ Health Study [26, 27]

Truong-Minh Pham [48]

2007

Men & women

Japan

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

9,651

226

BMI (226), Hypertension (80), Smoking (108), Alcohol (61)

The participants of the Miyako Study [49, 50]

Cornelia Weikert [51]

2007

Men & women

Germany

Ischemic

25,538

85

Hypertension (74), Diabetes (14), Alcohol (27)

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition [52]

Yan Wang [53]

2007

Men & women

China

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

56,510

78

Diabetes (33), Alcohol (24), Smoking (38)

Community residents of Shanghai, China

Michiaki Kubo [54]

2008

Men & women

Japan

Ischemic

6390

430

Hypertension (N/A), Diabetes (N/A), Smoking (N/A), Alcohol (N/A)

The Hisayama Study [55]

Ying Zhang [56]

2008

Men & women

American

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

4549

306

SBP (306), Hypertension (170), Diabetes (211), Alcohol (153), Smoking (221)

The Strong Heart Study [57–59]

George Howard [60]

2011

Men & women

American

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

1842

427

SBP (427), Diabetes (110), Coronary heart disease (131), AF (64), LVH (26), Smoking (89)

The REGARDS study [61]â–³

I Saito [62]

2011

Men & women

Japan

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

71762

2,119

BMI (2119)

The Japan Public Health Center-based prospective (JPHC) Study

Ulla Brasch Mogensen [63]

2012

Men & women

Denmark

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

240,000

988

Hypertension (304), Diabetes (145), AF (161), Smoking (362), Alcohol (260)

The COST cohort [64, 65]â–³

  1. CT: Computed tomography; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; N/A, no data available; â—†China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam; â–³PROCAM the Prospective Cardiovascular Muenster Study; CMCS the Chinese Muhi Provincial Cohort Study; REGARDS, the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke; COST, the Copenhagen Stroke Study. KNHS, Korean National Health System.; BMI, Body mass index; SBP, Systolic blood pressure; AF, Atrial fibrillation; LVH, Left ventricular hypertrophy.