Study population characteristics
| Overall (n=29 573) | Cases (n=13 300) | Participation rate cases | Controls (n=16 273) | Participation rate controls | Data collection (between years) | Organic dust exposure (between years) | Source of controls | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 23 837 (81%) | 10 810 (81%) | 13 027 (80%) | |||||
| Women | 5736 (19%) | 2490 (19%) | 3246 (20%) | |||||
| Mean age (SD) | 62.4 (±9.0) | 62.3 (±8.9) | 62.4 (±9.0) | |||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Non-smoker | 5568 (19%) | 799 (6%) | 4759 (30%) | |||||
| Former smoker | 10 193 (34%) | 3827 (29%) | 6366 (39%) | |||||
| Smoker | 13 801 (47%) | 8670 (65%) | 5131 (32%) | |||||
| Unknown/missing | 21 (<1%) | 4 (<1%) | 17 (<1%) | |||||
| Study | ||||||||
| AUT-Munich (Germany) | 6429 (22%) | 3180 (24%) | 77% | 3249 (20%) | 41% | 1990–1995 | 1931–1995 | Population |
| EAGLE (Italy) | 4000 (14%) | 1917 (14%) | 87% | 2083 (13%) | 72% | 2002–2005 | 1931–2005 | Population |
| HdA (Germany) | 2006 (7%) | 1004 (8%) | 69% | 1002 (6%) | 68% | 1988–1993 | 1926–1993 | Population |
| INCO (Czech Rep.) | 756 (3%) | 304 (2%) | 94% | 452 (3%) | 80% | 1998–2002 | 1937–2002 | Hospital |
| INCO (Hungary) | 696 (2%) | 391 (3%) | 90% | 305 (2%) | 100% | 1998–2001 | 1931–1999 | Hospital |
| INCO (Poland) | 1628 (6%) | 793 (6%) | 88% | 835 (5%) | 88% | 1999–2002 | 1937–2001 | Hospital + population |
| INCO (Romania) | 404 (1%) | 179 (1%) | 90% | 225 (1%) | 99% | 1998–2001 | 1936–2002 | Hospital |
| INCO (Russia) | 1179 (4%) | 599 (5%) | 96% | 580 (4%) | 90% | 1998–2000 | 1932–2003 | Hospital |
| INCO (Slovakia) | 630 (2%) | 345 (3%) | 90% | 285 (2%) | 84% | 1998–2002 | 1936–2002 | Hospital |
| INCO (UK) | 1359 (5%) | 442 (3%) | 78% | 917 (6%) | 84% | 1998–2005 | 1933–2003 | Population |
| LUCA (France) | 589 (2%) | 297 (2%) | 98% | 292 (2%) | 98% | 1989–1992 | 1927–1992 | Hospital |
| LUCAS (Sweden) | 3321 (11%) | 1014 (8%) | 87% | 2307 (14%) | 85% | 1985–1990 | 1923–1990 | Population |
| MONTREAL (Canada) | 2681 (9%) | 1176 (9%) | 85% | 1505 (9%) | 69% | 1996–2002 | 1935–2002 | Population |
| MORGEN (Netherlands) | 251 (1%) | 64 (0.5%) | NA | 187 (1%) | NA | 1993–1997 | 1945–1997 | Population |
| PARIS (France) | 396 (1%) | 169 (1%) | 95% | 227 (1%) | 95% | 1988–1992 | 1924–1992 | Hospital |
| ROME (Italy) | 652 (2%) | 328 (3%) | 74% | 324 (2%) | 63% | 1993–1996 | 1926–1996 | Hospital |
| TURIN/VENETO (Italy) | 2596 (9%) | 1098 (8%) | 79% | 1498 (9%) | 80% | 1990–1994 | 1922–1994 | Population |