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Table 1 Prevalence and incidence of silent brain infarcts in population-based cohorts

From: The epidemiology of silent brain infarction: a systematic review of population-based cohorts

Study name or center

Authors

Year

Country

Study design

Sample size

Mean age

Mean prevalence

Prevalence

Seiryo Clinic Study

Asumi [[15]]

2010

Japan

RHS

324

54

5.2%

Shimane

Bokura [[10]]

2006

Japan

RHS

2,684

58

14%

Bokura [[16]]

2010

Japan

RHS

1,543

62

14%

SNUH Gangnam MRI Survey

Kwon [[17]]

2006

Korea

RHS

1,588

54

5.5%

Kwon [[18]]

2009

Korea

RHS

1,254

70

15.7%

Samsung Medical Centre

Lee [[19]]

2000

Korea

RHS

994

49

5.8%

‘Brain Dock’ program

Matsumoto [[20]]

2007

Japan

RHS

476

52

20.8%

Japanese elderly

Nakagawa [[21]]

2000

Japan

RHS

269

79

62%

Kawasaki medical school

Saji [[22]]

2012

Japan

RHS

220

69

25%

Saji [[23]]

2012

Japan

RHS

240

69

17.5%

Hyogo Brain & Heart Centre

Uehara [[24]]

1999

Japan

RHS

219

63

40.2%

Second Military Medical University

Yi [[25]]

2011

China

RHS

1,008

49

32.5%

Chiba University

Yoshida [[26]]

2010

Japan

RHS

790

61

27.1%

KoGES

Cho [[27]]

2013

Korea

CS

746

59

7.6%

Kochi University

Park [[28]]

2008

Japan

CS

2,076

51

5.7%

Memorial Hospital Taipei

Chou [[29]]

2011

Taiwan

CS and RHS

1,312

52

5%

NILS-LSA

Kohara [[30]]

2003

Japan

CS

1,721

59

10.3%

FHOS

Das [[31]]

2008

USA

CS

2,040

62

11%

FHS

DeCarli [[32]]

2005

USA

CS

2,081

62

12%

ARICS

Howard [[33]]

1998

USA

CS

1,737

63

11%

ASPS

Schmidt R [[34]]

2006

Austria

CS

505

70

8%

Ohasama

Aono [[35]]

2007

Japan

CS

958

66

49%

NOMAS

Willey [[36]]

2011

USA

CS

1,238

70

16%

MEMO

Schmidt WP [[37]]

2004

Germany

CS

267

72

12.7%

Rotterdam Scan

Vermeer [[38]]

2002

Netherlands

CS

1,077

72

20%

CHS*

Price [[3]]

1997

USA

CS

3,397

75

28%

Sefuri Brain MRI

Fukuda [[39]]

2013

Japan

CS

715

67

12.4%

3C-Dijon

Satizabal [[40]]

2012

France

CS

1,841

72.5

8.9%

TASCOG

Choi [[41]]

2012

Australia

CS

351

72

12.2%

CABL

Russo [[42]]

2013

USA

CS

455

70

15.4%

Study name or center

Authors

Year

Country

Study design

Sample size

Mean age

Mean incidence

Incidence

ARICS

Cheung [[43]]

2010

USA

CS

810

62

1.9%

CHS*

Longstreth [[14]]

2002

USA

CS

1,433

74

3.1%

Rotterdam Scan Study

Vermeer [[44]]

2003

Netherlands

CS

668

71

3.7%

  1. *study reported silent lacunar (subcortical) infarcts only. ARICS, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; ASPS, Austrian Stroke Prevention Study; CABL, Cardiovascular Abnormalities and Brain Lesions; CHS, Cardiovascular Health Study; CS, community sample; FHOS, Framingham Heart Offspring Study; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; KoGES, Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study; MEMO, Memory and Morbidity in Augsberg Elderly; NILS-LSA, National Institute for Longevity Sciences-Longtitudinal Study of Aging; NOMAS, Northern Manhattan Study; RHS, routine health screen; SNUH, Seoul National University Hospital; TASCOG, Tasmanian Study of Cognition and Gait.