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Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration - APCSC

Website

www.apcsc.info

Aims

APCSC was initiated to provide direct, reliable evidence about determinants of stroke, coronary heart disease and other common causes of death in Asia-Pacific populations.

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Methods

The APCSC is a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohort studies in the Asia-Pacific region, including the largest known medical database in the region, and one of the largest ever in the world. Investigators from all major cohort studies with information on blood pressure and causes of death have been invited to participate. Where available, repeat measurements of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors are used to correct associations for regression dilution.

Status/Results

Relative chance of death due to cardiovascular disease, diabetics compared to non-diabetics

Several presentations of APCSC data have been made in Australia, Asia, UK and the USA, and more than 20 papers have now been published or accepted for publication. Several more papers are in preparation. Analyses of cancer outcomes in APCSC began in 2004 and, to date, two papers on the topics of pancreatic cancer and the impact of smoking cessation on lung cancer in the Asia-Pacific Region have been accepted for publication.

second apcsc collaborators meeting 6 7 september 2004 beijing china