Quality Assessment of HDL Cholesterol Measurements in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 12. Estimates of linear trends in bias adjusted for a 10-year period (see Section 7.5)
RUA Number of pools before exclusion Trend bias Standard error p-value
Ini Mid Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin
AUS-NEWa 1 13 4 29.6 15.2 1.1 6.5 0.0001 0.0359
AUS-PERa 1 8 0 npc npc ir ir ir ir
AUS-PERb snd 8 0 snd snd snd snd snd snd
BEL-CHAa 10 18 14 -3.6 -4.5 2 2.1 0.0893 0.0379
BEL-GHEa 10 16 14 -3.6 -4.4 2 2.1 0.0893 0.047
CAN-HALa 5 snd 2 9.9 snd 5 snd 0.1198 snd
CHN-BEIa 3 4 2 -8.1 -6.2 1.7 3.3 0.0188 0.1098
CZE-CZEa 12 12 12 0.7 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.3587 0.0096
DEN-GLOa 4 7 4 3.9 2.1 3.1 2.3 0.2675 0.37
FIN-KUOa 0 4 0 npc npc ir ir ir ir
FIN-NKAa 0 4 0 npc npc ir ir ir ir
FIN-TULa 0 4 0 npc npc ir ir ir ir
FRA-LILa 12 snd 9 1.2 snd 1.6 snd 0.4430 snd
FRA-STRa 13 snd 8 0.1 snd 2.5 snd 0.9798 snd
FRA-TOUa 7 2 10 -1.6 -1.5 2.3 2.1 0.4874 0.4864
RUA Number of pools before exclusion Trend bias Standard error p-value
Ini Mid Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin
GER-AURa 3 6 10 -0.2 -0.3 1.6 1.1 0.8999 0.816
GER-AUUa 3 6 10 -0.2 -0.3 1.6 1.1 0.8999 0.816
GER-BERa 2 2 snd snd snd snd snd snd snd
GER-BREa 2 2 2 5 4.9 5.9 5.6 0.4815 0.4302
GER-BREb snd 2 2 snd snd snd snd snd snd
GER-COTa 11 0 snd snd snd snd snd snd snd
GER-EGEb 1 5 7 -9.2 -3.8 4.1 3.8 0.078 0.3378
GER-ERFa dnc 3 2 npc npc ir ir ir ir
GER-HACa 3 7 snd snd snd snd snd snd snd
GER-KMSa 2 5 snd snd snd snd snd snd snd
HUN-BUDa 3 5 snd snd snd snd snd snd snd
HUN-PECa 1 6 snd snd snd snd snd snd snd
ICE-ICEa 2 14 6 -9.8 -4.9 4.1 5.4 0.0645 0.3788
ITA-BRIa 5 7 6 1.9 7.9 4.1 2.9 0.656 0.0156
ITA-FRIb 1 2 8 8.8 8.7 3 2.5 0.025 0.0077
ITA-FRIc 3 4 7 0.4 2 1.7 1 0.8022 0.0616
LTU-KAUa 2 2 7 -15.1 -18.1 4.6 5 0.0159 0.0067
RUA Number of pools before exclusion Trend bias Standard error p-value
Ini Mid Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin
NEZ-AUCa 0 snd 8 npc snd ir snd ir snd
POL-TARa 2 8 12 -1.2 -5.2 6 4.2 0.8475 0.2372
POL-WARa 4 10 8 1.3 3.9 1.6 1.3 0.4396 0.0103
RUS-MOCa 3 6 12 -4.3 -1.7 3.5 2 0.2438 0.4059
RUS-MOIa 5 6 12 -3.1 0.9 3 1.9 0.3182 0.6464
RUS-NOCa 0 0 2 npc npc ir ir ir ir
RUS-NOIa 0 0 4 npc npc ir ir ir ir
SPA-CATa 13 8 14 0.1 1.5 0.5 0.7 0.8098 0.0362
SWE-GOTa 5 0 6 -3.5 npc 0.8 ir 0.0018 ir
SWE-NSWa 5 4 6 4.8 2.1 2.6 2.3 0.1085 0.3726
SWI-TICa 4 6 0 npc npc ir ir ir ir
SWI-VAFa 5 10 0 npc npc ir ir ir ir
UNK-BELa 3 8 5 -5.9 -5 2.5 3.1 0.0663 0.1341
UNK-GLAa 9 4 6 12.4 14.2 2.1 3.6 0.0001 0.0013
USA-STAa 0 20 16 npc npc ir ir ir ir
YUG-NOSa 2 9 4 3.2 2.6 1.9 1.5 0.1633 0.1141
RUA Number of pools before exclusion Trend bias Standard error p-value
Ini Mid Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin Ini-Fin Ini-Mid-Fin

snd = one or some of the relevant surveys not done
npc = not possible to calculate
ir = irrelevant
dnc = data not collected