Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the included prospective cohort studies

From: Dietary magnesium intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Author, year

Location

Study name

Sex

Age range (years)

Follow-up (years)

Cases (cohort size)

Dietary assessment

Quality score

Adebamowo et al., 2015 [20]

US

Nurses’ Health Study (NHS)

F

30–55 in NHS I; 25–42 in NHS II

30 in NHS I; 22 in NHS II

3780 stroke cases (86,149 in NHS I; 94,715 in NHS II)

Validated FFQ

8

Adebamowo et al., 2015 [37]

US

Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS)

M

40–75

24

1547 stroke cases (42,669)

Validated FFQ

9

Al-Delaimy et al., 2004 [38]

US

HPFS

M

40–75

12

1449 CHD cases (39,633)

Validated FFQ

9

Ascherio et al., 1998 [39]

US

HPFS

M

40–75

8

328 stroke cases (43,738)

Validated FFQ

9

Bain et al., 2015 [40]

UK

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk cohort

M/F

40–75

5.8

928 stroke cases (25,639)

7-day dietary recall

9

Chiuve et al., 2011 [41]

US

NHS

F

30–55

26

505 sudden cardiac deaths (88,375)

Validated FFQ

9

Chiuve et al., 2013 [42]

US

NHS

F

30–55

28

3614 CHD cases (86,323)

Validated FFQ

8

Dai et al., 2013 [21]

China

Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) and Shanghai Men’s Health Study (SMHS)

M/F

40–70 in SWHS; 40–74 in SMHS

NA

6224 total deaths, 1947 CVD deaths, 906 CHD deaths, 1041 stroke deaths (136,442)

Validated FFQ

9

de Oliveira Otto et al., 2012 [43]

US

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Participants (MESA)

M/F

45–84

6.2

279 CVD case, 399 T2D cases (6814)

Validated FFQ

7

Guasch-Ferré et al., 2014 [44]

Spain

Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea (PREDIMED)

M/F

55–80

4.8

323 total deaths, 81 CVD deaths, 277 CVD cases (7216)

Validated FFQ

7

Hata et al., 2013 [45]

Japan

The Hisayama Study

M/F

40–79

15.6

417 T2D cases (1999)

Validated FFQ

9

Hodge et al., 2004 [46]

Australia

Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

M/F

40–69

4

365 T2D cases (31,641)

Validated FFQ

8

Hopping et al., 2010 [47]

Hawaii, US

Multiethnic Cohort (MEC)

M/F

45–75

14

8587 T2D cases (75,512)

Validated FFQ

8

Hruby et al., 2014 [48]

US

Framingham Heart Study (FHS) Offspring cohort

M/F

26–81

7

179 T2D cases (2582)

Validated FFQ

7

Huang et al., 2015 [49]

Taiwan, China

Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan

M/F

65–97

9

475 total deaths, 124 CVD deaths, 231 diabetes cases (1400)

24-h dietary recall and validated FFQ

7

Iso et al., 1999 [50]

US

NHS

F

34–59

14

690 stroke cases (85,764)

Validated FFQ

8

Kaluza et al., 2010 [51]

Sweden

Cohort of Swedish Men

M

45–79

10

2358 total deaths, 819 CVD deaths (23,366)

Validated FFQ

8

Kao et al., 1999 [52]

US

Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

M/F

45–64

6

1106 T2D cases (12,128)

12-h dietary recall

8

Kim et al., 2010 [53]

US

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

M/F

18–30

20

330 diabetes cases (4497)

Validated FFQ

9

Kirii et al., 2010 [54]

Japan

Japan Collaborative Cohort Study (JACC)

M/F

40–65

5

459 diabetes cases (11,592)

Validated FFQ

7

Konishi et al., 2015 [55]

Japan

The Takayama Study

M/F

>35

10

438 diabetes case (13,525)

Validated FFQ

8

Larsson et al., 2008 [56]

Finland

Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study

M

50-69

13.6

2702 stroke cases (26,556)

Validated FFQ

9

Larsson et al., 2011 [57]

Sweden

Swedish Mammography Cohort

F

49-83

10.4

1680 stroke cases (34,670)

Validated FFQ

7

Levitan et al., 2013 [58]

US

Women’s Health Initiative

F

50-79

4.6

1433 total deaths (161,808)

Validated FFQ

7

Liao et al., 1998 [59]

US

ARIC

M/F

45-64

4-7

319 CHD cases (13,922)

Validated FFQ

8

Lin et al., 2013 [60]

Taiwan, China

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Two-township Study (CVDFACTS)

M/F

>18

12

123 stroke cases (2061)

Validated FFQ

8

Lopez-Ridaura et al., 2004 [61]

US

NHS and HPFS

M/F

30-55 in NHS; 40-75 in HPFS

18 in NHS; 12 in HPFS

4085 T2D cases in NHS (85,060); 1333 T2D cases in HPFS (42,872)

Validated FFQ

9

Meyer et al., 2000 [62]

US

Iowa Women’s Health Study

F

55-69

6

1141 T2D cases (35,988)

Validated FFQ

9

Nanri et al., 2010 [63]

Japan

Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study

M/F

45-75

5

1114 T2D cases (59,791)

Validated FFQ

8

Ohira et al., 2009 [64]

US

ARIC

M/F

45-64

15

577 ischemic stroke cases (14,221)

Validated FFQ

9

Schulze et al., 2007 [65]

Germany

EPIC-Potsdam study

M/F

35-65

7

844 T2D cases (25,067)

Validated FFQ

9

Song et al., 2004 [66]

US

Women’s Health Study (WHS)

F

>45

6

918 T2D cases (39,345)

Validated FFQ

9

Song et al., 2005 [67]

US

WHS

F

>45

10

1037 CVD cases (39,876)

Validated FFQ

9

Tao et al., 2016 [68]

US

Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer Study

F

35-79

7.3

170 all-cause deaths (1170)

Validated FFQ

8

Taveira et al., 2016 [69]

US

Jackson Heart Study

M/F

55-74

5

270 heart failure hospitalizations (4916)

Validated FFQ

9

van Dam et al., 2006 [70]

US

Black Women’s Health Study

F

21-69

8

1964 T2D cases (41,186)

Validated FFQ

9

Villegas et al., 2009 [71]

China

Shanghai Women’s Health Study

F

40-70

6.9

2270 T2D cases (64,191)

Validated FFQ

9

Weng et al., 2008 [72]

Taiwan, China

CVDFACTS

M/F

>40

10.6

132 ischemic stroke (1772)

Validated FFQ

8

Weng et al., 2012 [73]

Taiwan, China

CVDFACTS

M/F

>30

4.6

141 T2D cases (1604)

Validated FFQ

7

Zhang et al., 2012 [74]

Japan

JACC

M/F

40-79

14.7

2690 CVD deaths, 1227 stroke deaths, 557 CHD deaths, 431 heart failure deaths (58,615)

Validated FFQ

8

  1. FFQ Food-frequency questionnaire, NA Not available, T2D type 2 diabetes, CVD cardiovascular disease, CHD coronary heart disease