Table 1 Description of the Participating Study' Characteristics and their Nutritional Questionnaires
From: Methodology and challenges for harmonization of nutritional data from seven historical studies
Characteristic | IIHD | GOH | Ovary | NNS | NICCCS | HDS | Mabat Zahav |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference | 10, 11 | 8, 9 | 15 | 18, 19 | 16, 17 | 12 | 13, 14 |
Design | Cohort | Cohort | Case–Control | Cohort | Case–Control | Cohort | Cohorta |
Sex | Men | Men and women | Women | Men and women | Men and women | Men and women | Men and women, |
Inclusion criteria | Jewish men, 40 years and above, Government or municipal workers of the 3 largest cities (Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem) | Randomly sampled from the Central Population Registry, according to birth year | Adult women with no history of cancer | Random sample of the Jewish adult (35 years and above) South district (Negev) population | Healthy controls of a population-based, matched case–control study | A random, population-based sample stratified equally across gender, ethnicity, and 10-y age-groups | National Health and Nutrition Survey designed to represent the Israeli Jewish and Arab elderly population of 65 years and older |
Study Population | A stratified sample of the six main areas of birth (Eastern Europe, Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, Israel, the Middle East and North Africa | A stratified sample of the four main ethnic origins, Men and Women, Jewish only | Controls of a nationwide case–control study on ovarian cancer, Jewish only | Population from the Negev area including immigrants from the former USSR; Men and women Jewish only | Population from Israel's northern area. Controls of colon cancer cases; Jewish and Arab participants; Men and women | Hadera district pop., designed to include equal numbers of Arab and Jewish participants men and women | A representative sample of 65 + y old Israeli population Men and women |
Nutritional assessment time | 1963–1967 | 1982 | 1994–1996 | 1998–2000 | 1998–2014 | 2002–2007 | 2005–2006 |
Participants with available dietary data (n] | 10,059 (1058 with full food item data) | 632 | 1763 | 986 | 11,658 | 1098 | 1751 |
Age range at recruitment (years] | 40–65 | 41–70 | 21–85 | 35 +  | 21 +  | 25–74 | 65 +  |
Nutritional assessment type | Sq-FFQ | q-FFQ | q-FFQ | 24HR recall | Sq-FFQ | q-FFQ | 24HR recall |
Number of food and beverage items in FFQ/n of foods reported in 24HR recall | 214 | 240 | 180 | 2435 | 187 | 240 | 2250 |
Food composition table | Based on local manufacturers data, composition tables of locally grown food and international composition tables | Based on the British McCance and Widdowson's tables, local manufacturers data and other sources | Based on the British McCance and Widdowson's tables, local manufactures data and other sources | Based on the USDA database, local manufacturers data and other sources | Based on the Israeli Ministry of health food composition tables, local food manufacturers, and international composition tables | Based on the British McCance and Widdowson's tables, local manufacturers data and supplemented with common Arabic foods and dishes | Based on The Israeli Ministry of health food composition tables |