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Table 2 Characteristics of the measurement cycles used in EPOSA

From: European Project on Osteoarthritis (EPOSA): methodological challenges in harmonization of existing data from five European population-based cohorts on aging

 

ActiFE

ProVA

LASA

Peñagrande

HCS

Country

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

UK

Year of baseline in EPOSA

2009

1995-1997

2001-2002

2007-2008

1999-2004

Sample size

     

   Invited

7460

4476

2076

1110

7106

   Responded

1506

3099

1691

814

2997

   Response rate

19.8

69.2

81.5

73.3

42.2

Age (years, mean (SD))

74.7 (6.5)

76.3 (7.8)

76.4 (8.0)

74.8 (7.2)

65.6 (2.9)

Sex (% female)

43.5

59.9

57.6

59.1

47.3

Education (% secondary education or higher)

20.4

11.7

61.0

22.4

5.2

Marital status (% married)

65.2

49.8

46.4

64.3

77.8

  1. ActiFE: study on Activity and Function in the Elderly in Ulm, ProVA: Progetto Veneto Anziani study, LASA: Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, Peñagrande: Ageing in Peñagrande, HCS: Hertfordshire Cohort Study.