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Table 2: Baseline characteristics of MORGAM Cohorts


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Last updated: 19 May 2010
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This table gives baseline characteristics viz., survey period, age-group, sex, cohort size, MONICA status and availability of DNA by Reporting Unit Aggregates (RUA) and Cohorts which have been described in the current document. The column "sex" specifies whether the cohort consisted of both men and women, men only or women only.

Many of the baseline surveys were carried out as part of the WHO MONICA Project, and therefore took part in the MONICA standardization and quality assessment. Many others used the MONICA methodology in their surveys. The categories of the "MONICA Status" are:

RUA Cohort Survey
period
Age group1 Sex Cohort size MONICA status Availability of DNA
AUS-NEWa 01 1983 34-65 Both 2466 CM no
02 1988-89 24-70 Both 1774 CM no
03 1994 35-70 Both 1633 CM no
DEN-GLOa 01 1982-84 30-61 Both 3785 CM no
02 1986-87 29-61 Both 1504 CM no
03 1991-92 29-61 Both 1624 CM yes
21 1993-94 41-72 Both 2656 SM yes
FIN-ATBa 21 1992-93 54-77 Men 5073 NM yes
FIN-EASa 01 1982 24-63 Both 5812 CM no
02 1987 24-64 Both 4367 CM no
03 1992 24-64 Both 3013 CM yes
FIN-EASb 24 1997 24-74 Both 4846 SM yes
34 1997 24-74 Both 222 SM no
FIN-WESa 01 1982 24-63 Both 3217 CM no
02 1987 24-64 Both 1444 CM no
FIN-WESb 03 1992 24-64 Both 2986 SM yes
24 1997 24-74 Both 3294 SM yes
34 1997 24-74 Both 82 SM no
FRA-LILa 21 1991-93 49-64 Men 2633 SM yes
FRA-STRa 21 1991-93 48-60 Men 2612 SM yes
FRA-TOUa 21 1991-93 49-60 Men 2610 SM yes
RUA Cohort Survey period Age group1 Sex Cohort size MONICA status Availability of DNA
GER-AUGa 01 1984-85 24-65 Both 3980 CM yes
02 1989-90 24-75 Both 4639 CM yes
03 1994-95 24-75 Both 4480 CM yes
ITA-BRIa 01 1986-87 25-65 Both 1659 CM no
02 1989-90 25-66 Both 1599 CM no
03 1993-94 26-66 Both 1674 CM no
ITA-FRIa 01 1986 24-65 Both 1880 CM no
02 1989 24-64 Both 1844 CM no
03 1994 24-64 Both 1786 CM yes
ITA-FSEa 21 1995-96 45-65 Both 400 SM yes
ITA-PAMa 21 1990-93 25-75 Both 2044 SM no
ITA-ROMb 01 1982-87 24-66 Both 1723 CM no
ITA-ROMc 21 1983-84 19-69 Both 3648 SM no
22 1986-87 18-72 Both 2894 SM no
23 1993-95 20-77 Both 1970 SM yes
24 1993-96 26-81 Both 2519 SM yes
LTU-KAUa 01 1983-85 35-64 Both 1463 CM no
02 1986-87 35-64 Both 1762 CM no
03 1992-93 33-65 Both 1260 CM no
POL-TARa 01 1983-84 34-65 Both 2722 CM no
02 1987-88 34-65 Both 1311 CM no
03 1992-93 34-65 Both 1329 CM no
POL-WARa 01 1983-85 35-65 Both 2646 CM no
02 1988-89 34-64 Both 1417 CM no
03 1993 34-64 Both 1514 CM no
RUS-NOVb 01 1985-86 24-65 Both 3175 CM no
02 1988-89 24-65 Both 3387 CM no
03 1994-95 24-65 Both 3273 CM yes
RUS-NOVc 21 1983-85 23-63 Men 1603 SM no
RUA Cohort Survey period Age group1 Sex Cohort size MONICA status Availability of DNA
SPA-CATa 01 1986-1988 24-67 Both 2571 CM no
02 1990-1992 25-64 Both 2934 CM no
03 1994-1996 25-64 Both 3485 CM yes
SWE-NSWa 01 1986 25-65 Both 1625 CM no
02 1990 24-64 Both 1576 CM yes
03 1994 24-74 Both 1893 CM yes
UNK-BELa 21 1991-94 49-60 Men 2745 SM yes
UNK-CAEa 21 1984-88 47-67 Men 2398 NM yes
UNK-EDIa 01 1986 25-65 Both 1299 SM no
UNK-GLAa 01 1986 25-65 Both 1109 CM no
02 1992 25-75 Both 1754 CM no
03 1995 25-65 Both 1656 CM no
21 1989 25-65 Both 1017 CM no
UNK-SHHa 01 1984-87 38-61 Both 9165 SM no
RUA Cohort Survey period Age group1 Sex Cohort size MONICA status Availability of DNA

1: This gives the actual age-range for the cohort at baseline. It may differ slightly from the target age-group of the baseline survey, which is given in the full cohort description.


Updates to this document

Date Update
2005-04-26 Date of the first published version.
2006-05-14 DEN-GLO and GER-AUG were added.
2006-05-18 POL-TAR was added.
2007-03-23 Minor adjustments were made to the age groups.
ITA-BRI and ITA-PAM were corrected to not to have DNA available for MORGAM.
ITA-FRI, ITA-FSE, ITA-ROM, RUS-NOV and UNK-EDI/GLA/SHH were added.
2008-08-21 Cohort 34 was added to FIN-EAS and FIN-WES
2009-03-08 SPA-CAT was added.
2010-05-19 Baseline age group of Cohorts 02 and 03 of GER-AUG was extended from 25-64 to 25-74.