Table 2

List of main harmonised modifiable baseline risk factors for cohort studies and external prevalence data sources

	Cohort data							Prevalence data
Risk factors	MCCS	BMES	ALSWH	AusDiab	NWAHS	CHAMP	45&Up	NHS1	NHS2	NHS3	NDSHS	LADY
Smoking
Regular smoking (never, former, current)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Cigarettes/day	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	-	-	-	√	√
Time since quitting (years)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Duration (years)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Australian recommendation: no smoking	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Alcohol consumption
Drinks/day	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Australian recommendation: ≤2 drinks/day	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Body fatness
BMI (kg/m²)*	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	-	√
Australian recommendation: 18.5–24.9 kg/m²	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	-	√
Physical activity
Moderate activity (min/week)	~	√	~	√	√	~	√	√	√	√	-	~
Vigorous activity (min/week)	~	√	~	√	√	~	√	√	√	√	-	~
Australian recommendation: ≥150 min/week†	~	√	~	√	√	~	√	√	√	√	-	~
Diet
Fruit consumption (serves/day)	√	√	-‡	√	-‡	-	√	√	√	√	-	-
Australian recommendation: ≥2 serves/day	√	√	-‡	√	-‡	-	√	√	√	√	-	-
Vegetable consumption (serves/day)	√	√	-‡	√	-‡	-	√	√	√	√	-	-
Australian recommendation: ≥5 serves/day	√	√	-‡	√	-‡	-	√	√	√	√	-	-
Red meat consumption (times/week)	√	-	-‡	~	-	-	√	-	-	-	-	-
Processed meat consumption (times/week)	√	-	-‡	~	-‡	-	√	-	-	-	-	-
Australian recommendation: ≤3–4 times/week	√	-	-‡	~	-‡	-	√	-	-	-	-	-
OC use
OC use (never, former, current)	√	~	√	√	-	N/A	√	√	-	-	-	√
Duration (<5 years, ≥5 years)	√	-	√	√	-	N/A	√	~	-	-	-	-
MHT use
MHT use (never, former, current)	√	~	√	√	-	N/A	√	√	√	-	-	√
Duration (<5 years, ≥5 years)	√	-	√	-	-	N/A	√	-	-	-	-	√
Breastfeeding
Duration (months)	√	-	-‡	-	-	N/A	√	√	-	-	-	√

√, available; ~, not comparable; -, not available; N/A, not applicable.
*Measured weight and height (MCCS, AusDiab, NWAHS, CHAMP and NHS3); self-reported weight and height (BMES, ALSWH, 45&Up, NHS1, NHS2 and LADY).
†≥ 150 min/week of moderate activity or ≥75 min/week of vigorous activity or combination of the two.
‡Not available at baseline but available at later measurements.
45&Up, 45 and Up Study; ALSWH, Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health; AusDiab, Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study; BMES, Blue Mountains Eye Study; BMI,body mass index; CHAMP, Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project; LADY, Learning how Australians Deal with menopausal sYmptoms Survey; MCCS, Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study; MHT, menopausal hormone therapy; NDSHS, National Drug Strategy Household Survey; NHS, National Health Survey; NWAHS, North West Adelaide Health Study; OC, oral contraceptive.