Sample selection, recruitment and participation rates in health examination surveys in Europe – experience from seven national surveys

Table 3 Consent rates in recent HES by age and sex

Country	Survey^a	Year	Number in sample		Interviewed (%)		Weight measured (%)		BP measured (%)		Blood sample taken (%)
			Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Individual sampling frame
Finland	FINRISK	2012
25-34			983	980	45	61	41	53	41	53	41	53
35-44			994	989	55	65	50	59	50	59	50	59
45-54			992	995	61	70	56	63	56	63	56	63
55-64			991	997	67	73	61	66	61	66	61	66
65-74			988	996	77	73	72	67	72	66	72	67
35-64^b			2980	2981	61	69	55	62	55	62	55	62
Germany^c	DEGS	2008-2011
25-34			431	501	36	43	36	38	36	38	32	34
35-44			583	681	44	53	43	44	43	44	37	44
45-54			775	899	52	60	50	49	50	49	42	50
55-64			684	756	56	58	54	49	54	49	45	46
65-74			816	843	58	55	56	51	56	51	48	43
35-64^b			2042	2336	51	57	49	48	49	48	41	47
Italy	OEC/HES	2008-2012
35-44			1967	1911	49	51	49	51	49	51	49	51
45-54			1836	1809	57	61	57	61	57	61	57	60
55-64			1807	1776	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	60
65-74			1773	1803	55	54	55	54	55	54	54	53
75-79			833	932	52	40	52	40	52	40	52	40
35-64^b			5610	5496	55	57	55	57	55	57	55	57
Netherlands^d	NLdeMaat Phase 2	2010
35-44			135	171	35	43	35	43	35	43	35	43
45-54			186	228	44	52	44	52	44	52	44	52
55-64			163	167	49	50	49	50	49	50	49	50
35-64			484	566	42	48	42	48	42	48	42	48
Hybrid sampling
Ireland^{e f}	SLAN	2007
45-54			177	271	41	41	41	41	41	41	39	40
55-64			149	205	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	39
65-74			151	149	41	41	41	41	41	41	39	39
45-64^{e f}			326	476	41	41	41	41	41	41	39	39
Household sampling frame
England^e	HSE	2011
25-34			696	642	79	88	68	71	47	54	35	45
35-44			826	825	82	95	70	79	53	64	41	56
45-54			823	876	81	93	70	78	52	63	41	55
55-64			721	886	87	94	75	79	63	69	50	59
65-74			561	822	90	96	78	81	66	68	48	59
35-64^b			4643	5242	83	94	71	79	55	65	44	56
Scotland^e	SHeS	2010
25-34			392	534	72	90	64	72	36	46	27	36
35-44			443	637	76	94	67	77	42	48	37	40
45-54			530	721	78	94	68	80	43	57	39	48
55-64			514	655	83	94	71	80	51	56	46	46
65-74			454	534	92	96	80	80	51	54	38	44
35-64 ^b			1487	2013	79	94	69	79	45	54	41	45

^aFINRISK: National FINRISK Study; DEGS: German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults; OEC/HES: Osservatorio Epidemiologico Cardiovascolare/Health Examination Survey; NLdeMaat: Nederlands de Maat Genomen; SLAN: Survey of Lifestyle And Nutrition; HSE: Health Survey for England; SHeS: Scottish Health Survey
^bAge-standardised
^cResults show the combined response rate of the new and the reinvited sample of the previous survey [16]
^dResults shows are for Phase II of NLdeMaat
^eBased on co-operating households (i.e. at least one person was interviewed)
^fNote different age groups: Ireland did not include age group 35–44 years for blood pressure measurements and sample collection

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