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Table 2 Description of the 13 cross-sectional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor studies

From: Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations

Dataset

Numbera

Population description

Year(s) of data collection

% Female

Age range (years)

DHS [22]

9,379

Representative South African

1998

60.2%

25 to 74

Aggregate

14,772

Aggregate of 13 datasets below

1987 to 2009

61.0%

25 to 74

BRISK [17]

644

African, urban Xhosa speaking

1990

55.4%

25 to 64

CRIBSA

1,003

African, urban, Xhosa speaking,

2008

64.3%

25 to 74

Mangaung [14]

718

African, urban, Sesotho speaking

1990

61.5%

25 to 74

QwaQwa [14]

782

African, rural, Sesotho speaking

1990

68.6%

25 to 74

AHA-FS urban [20]

385

African, urban Sesotho speaking

2009

76.8%

26 to 64

AHA-FS rural [20]

512

African, rural, Sesotho speaking

2007

70.1%

26 to 65

PURE, Urban

903

African, urban, Tswana-speaking

2005

58.9%

29 to 74

PURE, Rural

933

African, rural, Tswana-speaking

2005

65.2%

32 to 74

KwaZulu-Natal [15]

742

African, rural, Zulu-speaking

1999

82.5%

25 to 74

CRISIC [18]

775

Colored, urban, community

1990

50.7%

25 to 64

Mamre [19]

695

Colored, rural, community

1996

57.3%

25 to 74

KORIS [16]

5,608

White, rural, community

1987

54.1%

25 to 68

Phoenix

1,072

Indian, urban, community

2007-2008

73.6%

25 to 68

  1. arandom sample.