Table 1 Summary of cohort characteristics

From: Explainable AI associates ECG aging effects with increased cardiovascular risk in a longitudinal population study

Cohort

Recruiting period

n

Female sex (%)

Mean age (years)

Mean follow-up (years)

START-0

1997–2001

4307

50.87

49.7 ± 16.4

17.6 ± 4.7

START-1

2002–2006

3299

51.82

54.4 ± 15.3

13.4 ± 3.4

START-2

2008–2012

2332

51.49

57.7 ± 13.6

8.5 ± 1.8

START-3

2014–2016

1705

53.92

60.1 ± 12.7

4.1 ± 0.8

TREND-0

2008–2011

4420

49.94

52.6 ± 15.4

8.4 ± 1.5

TREND-1

2016–2019

2484

51.64

57.2 ± 13.8

1.6 ± 0.9

  1. The table details the recruitment periods, number of participants n, percentage of females, mean ages with standard deviations, and mean follow-up times for all cohorts analyzed.
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