Do trends in population levels of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors explain trends in stroke event rates? - methodological appendix

Table A1. Overall quality score and its components (see Section 2.)
Population Event trends Risk factor trends Overall quality score
Dem Event Score Response rate Risk factors Score
Ini Fin Score Smok Bp Chol BMI Mean

CHN-BEIa

1.41

1.30

1.4

0.90

0.71

1.77

 2.00

2.00

1.50

1.00

1.63

1.43

1.41

DEN-GLOa

2.00

1.30

1.6

0.80

0.74

1.89

 2.00

1.00

1.50

2.00

1.63

1.53

1.57

FIN-KUOa

2.00

1.84

1.9

0.85

0.81

1.93

 2.00

2.00

1.50

2.00

1.88

1.81

1.86

FIN-NKAa

2.00

1.80

1.9

0.80

0.78

1.93

 2.00

2.00

1.50

2.00

1.88

1.81

1.85

FIN-TULa

2.00

1.88

1.9

0.85

0.82

1.94

 2.00

1.50

1.50

2.00

1.75

1.70

1.82

ITA-FRIa

2.00

1.69

1.8

0.82

0.79

1.93

 2.00

1.50

1.25

2.00

1.69

1.63

1.73

LTU-KAUa

1.41

1.55

1.5

0.69

0.66

1.86

 2.00

2.00

0.00

1.50

1.38

1.28

1.39

POL-WARa

2.00

1.03

1.4

0.74

0.78

1.90

 2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.90

1.65

RUS-MOCa

1.41

1.05

1.2

0.78

0.66

1.79

 2.00

1.50

0.00

1.00

1.13

1.01

1.12

RUS-MOIa

1.41

0.71

1.0

0.70

0.76

1.86

 2.00

2.00

0.00

0.00

1.00

0.93

0.98

RUS-NOCa

1.41

0.83

1.1

0.71

0.70

1.90

 2.00

1.00

0.00

1.50

1.13

1.07

1.09

RUS-NOIa

1.41

1.25

1.4

0.73

0.72

1.91

 2.00

1.00

0.00

2.00

1.25

1.20

1.27

SWE-GOTa

2.00

0.93

1.4

0.74

0.67

1.83

 2.00

2.00

0.00

2.00

1.50

1.37

1.37

SWE-NSWa

2.00

1.83

1.9

0.85

0.80

1.92

 2.00

2.00

0.00

2.00

1.50

1.44

1.66

YUG-NOSa

1.41

1.75

1.6

0.82

0.77

1.91

 2.00

1.50

0.00

2.00

1.38

1.31

1.45
Population Event trends Risk factor trends Overall quality score
Dem Event Score Response rate Risk factors Score
Ini Fin Score Smok Bp Chol BMI Mean