Author | Year | City/Country | Size of Cohort | Period of recruitment | End of Observation | SMR | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Musk [30] | 1978 | Boston/USA | 5655 | 1915–1975 | 7/1975 | 0.91 | na |
Eliopulos [31] | 1984 | Western Australian Fire Brigade | 990 | 10/1939 – 12/1978 | 12/1978 | 0.80 | 0.67–0.96 |
Vena [32] | 1987 | Buffalo/USA | 1867 | 1950 – 1979 | 1979 | 0.95 | na |
Heyer [33] | 1990 | Seattle/USA | 2289 | 1/1945 – 12/1979 | 12/1983 | 0.76 | 0.69–0.85 |
Hansen [34] | 1990 | Denmark Census 1970 | 886 | 1970 | 1980 | 0.99 | 0.75–1.29 |
Beaumont [35] | 1991 | San Francisco/USA | 3066 | 1940 – 1970 | 1982 | 0.90 | 0.85–0.95 |
Demers [9] | 1992 | Seattle. Tacomo. Portland/USA | 4546 | 1944 – 1979 | 1989 | 0.81 | 0.77–0.86 |
Guidotti [11] | 1993 | Alberta/Canada | 3328 | 1927 – 1987 | 1987 | 0.96 | 0.87–1.07 |
Aronson [36] | 1994 | Toronto/Canada | 5995 | 1950 – 1989 | 1989 | 0.95 | 0.88–1.02 |
Tornling [37] | 1994 | Stockholm/Sweden | 1116 | 1931 – 1983 | 1986 | 0.82 | 0.72–0.91 |
Deschamps [38] | 1995 | Paris/France | 830 | 1973 – 1991 | 1991 | 0.52 | 0.35–0.75 |
Baris [39] | 2001 | Philadelphia/USA | 7789 | 1925 – 1986 | 0.96 | ||
Present study | 2001 | Hamburg/Germany | 4557 | 1.1.1950-30.6.2000 | 6/2000 | 0.78 | 0.74–0.83 |