Table 1

 Characteristics of participants and follow-up in included studies of egg consumption in relation to risk of coronary heart disease and stroke

AuthorPublication yearStudy nameCountrySex of populationAge at baseline (years)No of participantsMean length of follow-up (years)Endpoints (No of cases)
Hu et al361999Health Professionals Follow-up StudyUSAMale40-7537 8518Coronary heart disease (866)
Hu et al361999Nurses’ Health StudyUSAFemale34-5980 08214Coronary heart disease (939)
Sauvaget et al392003Hiroshima/Nagasaki Life Span StudyJapanMale and female34-10334 80716-17Stroke mortality (1259)
Nakamura et al372004NIPPON DATA80JapanMale30+407714Ischemic heart disease mortality (39), stroke mortality (112)
Nakamura et al372004NIPPON DATA80JapanFemale30+518614Ischemic heart disease mortality (41), stroke mortality (107)
Nakamura et al402006Japan Public Health Center-based prospective studyJapanMale and female40-6990 73510.2Coronary heart disease (462)
Qureshi et al412007NHANES-IUSAMale and female25-74973420Coronary artery disease (1584), stroke (655)
Djousse et al422008Physicians’ Health Study IUSAMale40-8521 32720Myocardial infarction (1550), stroke (1342)
Scrafford et al342011NHANES IIIUSAMale17+68338.8Coronary heart disease mortality (198), stroke mortality (63)
Scrafford et al342011NHANES IIIUSAFemale17+81138.9Coronary heart disease mortality (168), stroke mortality (74)
Bernstein et al382012Health Professionals Follow-Up StudyUSAMale40-7543 15022Stroke (1397)
Bernstein et al382012Nurses’ Health StudyUSAFemale30-5584 01026Stroke (2633)

NHANES-I=First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NHANES III=Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NIPPON DATA80=National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Non-communicable Disease and its Trends in the Aged, 1980.