Table 1 COSMIC member studies

Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA)

Canada

10263

65-102

43

Caucasian

1991-2002

CSHA Working Group (1994) [17]

Chinese Longitudinal Ageing Study (CLAS)^*

China

3514

60+

44

Chinese

2010-

Xiao et al. (2013) [18]

Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS)^†

UK

13004

65+

40

Caucasian

1991-

Brayne et al. (2006) [19]

Einstein Aging Study (EAS)^*

USA

1956

66-104

39

Caucasian/African American

1993-

Katz et al. (2012) [3]

Etude Santé Psychologique Prévalence Risques et Traitement (ESPRIT)^*

France

2268

65+

42

Not recorded

1999-

Ritchie et al. (2010) [20]

Framingham Heart Study (FHS)^†

USA

15328^‡

5+

50

Caucasian

1948-

Dawber & Kannel (1958) [21]; Feinleib et al. (1975) [22]; Splansky et al. (2007) [23]

Hong Kong Memory and Ageing Prospective Study (HK-MAPS)^*

Hong Kong

787

60+

46

Chinese

2005-

Wong et al. (2013) [24]

Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging and Dementia (KLOSCAD)

South Korea

6479

60+

44

Korean

2009-

Kim et al. (2013) [25]

Mayo Clinic Study of Aging (MCSA)^†

USA

4000

50-89

50

Caucasian

2004-

Roberts et al. (2008) [26]

Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey (MoVIES)^*

USA

1681

65+

42

Caucasian

1987-2002

Ganguli et al. (2000) [27]

Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project^*

Australia

2551

60-64

52

Caucasian

2001-

Anstey et al. (2012) [28]

Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS) I and II^*

Singapore

5748

54-98

37

Chinese

2003-

Feng et al. (2010, 2013) [29, 30]

Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (Sydney MAS)^*

Australia

1037

70+

45

Caucasian

2005-

Sachdev et al. (2010) [31]

Tajiri Project

Japan

1654

65+

42

Japanese

1998-2005

Meguro et al. (2002) [32]

Washington Heights Inwood and Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP)^*

USA

4577

63-103

32

Hispanic/African American/Caucasian

1989-

Tang et al. (2001) [33]

ZARADEMP Project (ZARAgoza DEMentia DEPression Project)^*

Spain

4803

55+

42

Caucasian

1994-

Lobo et al. (2005) [34]