Table 2

Methods of measurement of outcomes

Study	Coronary artery disease	Hypertension	Diabetes	Obesity	Dyslipidaemia
Adler et al19		Staff-measured BP readings >135/85 or self-reported current use of antihypertensive medications
Cross25		Self-reported doctor diagnosis of hypertension
Demakakos et al20			Self-reported doctor diagnosis of diabetes
Demakakos et al17		Self-reported doctor diagnosis of hypertension or staff-measured mean BP ≥140/90	Self-reported doctor diagnosis of diabetes or HbA1c laboratory test ≥ 6%	Staff-measured waist circumference >94 cm for men and >80 cm for women	Laboratory tests, with two outcomes reported: HDL <1 mmol/L (men); <1.3 mmol/L (women); Triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/L
Frerichs et al21				Self-reported weight and height to calculate BMI. outcome is overweight or obese, BMI ≥25 kg/m²
Manuck et al27		Staff-measured BP readings ≥130/85 (mean of 2 consecutive readings) or self-reported use of antihypertensive medications	Self-reported use of oral hypoglycaemic medications or fasting serum glucose laboratory test ≥100 mg/dL	Staff-measured waist circumference ≥102 cm for men and ≥88 cm for women	Two outcomes reported: HDL: fasting HDL laboratory test <40 mg/dL men or <50 mg/dL women or self-reported use of medication for low HDL Triglycerides: fasting TG laboratory test ≥150 mg/dL or self-reported use of medication for high TG
Reitzel et al26				Staff-measured height and weight to calculate BMI. outcome is obesity, BMI ≥30 kg/m²
Singh-Manoux et al22	Self-reported Rose angina questionnaire		Self-reported doctor diagnosis of diabetes
Subramanyam et al23			Self-reported history of diabetes, or fasting serum glucose laboratory test ≥126 mg/dL and self-reported use of antidiabetic medications within 2 weeks prior to clinic visit
Woo et al24	Self-reported doctor diagnosis of myocardial infarction or angina	Staff-measured BP measurements ≥140/90	Self-reported doctor diagnosis of diabetes	Staff-measured height and weight to calculate BMI. outcome is overweight or obesity, BMI ≥25 kg/m²

Blank cells=studies did not evaluate or report this outcome.
BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides.