Table 1: Comparison of the Framingham cohort and the Chinese multi-provincial cohort for coronary heart disease7

    Framingham cohort study   Chinese multi-provincial cohort study (CMCS)
Setting   Framingham, Massachusetts 1971 to 1983 (12 years follow up)   11 provinces in China 1992 to 2002 (10 years follow up)
Participants   5,215 US White men and women aged 30-74   30,121 Chinese men and women aged 35-64
Risk factors measured   BP, Smoking, DM, TC, HDL   BP, Smoking, DM, TC, HDL BMI, Physical activity
Outcome measure   CHD events (acute myocardial infarction, sudden death, other coronary deaths)   CHD events (acute myocardial infarction, sudden death, other coronary deaths)
Results   Men   Women   Total   Men   Women   Total
   
 
Hard CHD events for 10 years of follow-up   195
(71.4%)		   78
(28.6%)		   273
(100%)		   137
(70.6%)		   54
(28.3%)		   191
(100%)
Person-years of follow-up   22,471   26,647   49,118   94,655   85,127   179,782
Events per 100,000 person-years   868   293   556   145   64   106
10-year event rate without   8.0%   2.8%   -   1.5%   0.6%   -
adjusting for ageAbbreviations:   BP = Blood pressure
    DM = Diabetes mellitus
    TC = Total cholesterol
    HDL = High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
    BMI = Body mass index