| | Study: first author, year | Country cohort details | Age (years) | Sex | Number of cases/number of control (participants) | Mean follow-up (years) | Exposure assessment | Outcome | Adjustment for covariates |
| | Kelemen et al. (2005) | IWHS (USA) | 55–69 | M | 739/29,017 | 15 | FFQ | CHD mortality/total mortality | Age, total energy, polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat, trans-fat, total fiber, dietary cholesterol, dietary methionine, alcohol, smoking, activity level, BMI, history of hypertension, saturated fat, postmenopausal hormone use, multivitamin use, vitamin E supplement use, education, family history cancer | | Kokubo et al. (2007) | JPHC (Japan) | 40–59 | M
and F | 175/40,462 | 12.5 | FFQ | CVD mortality | Age, sex, smoking, alcohol use, BMI, history hypertension or DM, medication use for hypercholesterolaemia, education level, sports, dietary intake of fruits, vegetables, fish, salt and energy, menopausal status for women | | Dilis et al. (2012) | EPIC (European) | 20–86 | M
and F | 636/23,929 | 10 | FFQ | CHD mortality | Age, BMI, height, physical activity, years of schooling and energy intake entered as continuous variables. Alcohol consumption, smoking status and arterial blood pressure, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts, dairy foods, cereals, meat, fish, eggs, sweets, nonalcoholic beverages, saturated lipids, monounsaturated lipids, polyunsaturated lipids, monounsaturated: saturated lipid ratio | | Farvid et al. (2017) | The Golestan Cohort Study (Iran) | 36–85 | M
and F | 3,291/42,403 | 11 | FFQ | CVD mortality/total mortality | Age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, residency, smoking, opium use, alcohol, BMI, systolic blood pressure, occupational physical activity, family history of cancer, wealth score, medication, energy intake | | Misirli et al. (2012) | EPIC (European) | 25–67 | M
and F | 395/23,601 | 10.6 | FFQ | CVD mortality | Age, education, smoking status, BMI, physical activity, hypertension, DM, energy intake | | Nagura et al. (2009) | JACC (Japan) | 40–79 | M
and F | 2,243/59,485 | 12.7 | FFQ | CVD mortality/total mortality | Age, sex, BMI, smoking status, alcohol intake, hours of walking, hours of sleep, education, perceived mental stress, cholesterol intake, SFA intake, n-3 fatty acids intake, Na intake, history of hypertension, history of diabetes, fruit and vegetable intakes |
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