Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies
Study | Journal | Location | Years of participant selectiona | Study sizea | Data sourcea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inohara et al. [8] | JAMA | USA | 2013–2016 | 141,311 | Stroke registry |
Purnell et al. [9] | JAMA | USA | 1995–2014 | 453,162 | Transplant registry |
Reges et al. [10] | JAMA | Israel | 2005–2015 | 33,540 | Multiple hospitals |
Snyder et al. [11] | JAMA | USA | 2006–2007 | 8529 | Cancer registry |
Yu et al. [12] | JAMA | China | 2004–2008 | 271,217 | Nationwide Biobank |
Biccard et al. [13] | Lancet | 25 African countries | 2016 | 11,422 | Multiple hospitals |
Wood et al. [14] | Lancet | 19 high income countries | 1964–2010 | 599,912 | Multiple CVD registries and a biobank |
Dziadzko et al. [15] | Lancet | USA | 2000–2010 | 1294 | Single hospital and a medical registry of area residents |
Zylbersztejn et al. [16] | Lancet | UK, Sweden | 2003–2013 | 4,946,246 | Hospital episode registries, birth and death registries |
Gilbert et al. [17] | Lancet | UK | 2013–2015 | 22,139 | Hospital episode registry; death registry |
Alexander et al. [18] | Circulation | Australia | 1987–1996 | 80 | Childhood cardio-myopathy registry |
Nazerian et al. [19] | Circulation | Brazil, Germany, Italy, Switzerland | 2014–2016 | 1850 | Multiple hospitals |
Pollack et al. [20] | Circulation | USA, Canada | 2011–2015 | 2500 | Resuscitation outcomes registry |
Puelacher et al. [21] | Circulation | Switzerland | 2014–2015 | 2018 | Single hospital |
Chao et al. [22] | Circulation | Taiwan | 1996–2015 | 32,160 | Health Insurance database |
Chow et al. [23] | JCO | USA | 1962–2001 | 13,060 | Multiple hospitals |
Kenzik et al. [24] | JCO | USA | 2000–2011 | 72,408 | Cancer registry and Health insurance database |
Degnim et al. [25] | JCO | USA | 1967–2001 | 669 | Single hospital |
Gundle et al. [26] | JCO | USA | 1989–2014 | 2217 | Single hospital |
Clarke et al. [27] | JCO | USA | 2003–2015 | 944,227 | Multiple hospitals |
Hoen et al. [28] | NEJM | French territories in the Americas | 2016 | 555 | ZIKV pregnancy population cohort |
Amarenco et al. [29] | NEJM | Europe, Asia, Latin America | 2009–2011 | 3356 | Stroke registry |
Calderon et al. [30] | NEJM | Israel | 1980–2014 | 1,522,731 | Renal registry and population cohort |
Kyle et al. [31] | NEJM | USA | 1960–1994 | 1384 | Single hospital |
Mead et al. [32] | NEJM | USA | 2016–2017 | 184 | ZIKV male population cohort |