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Table 1 Key longitudinal studies discussed

From: Longitudinal population-based studies of affective disorders: Where to from here?

Study

Country

Years

Instrument

Follow-up

rate

Waves

Baseline Age

Range

Initial cohort

size

Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) (Krueger et al., 1998)

New Zealand

1972 -

Modified DIS

92.7%

10

Birth cohort

1037

Christchurch Health and Development Study (Fergusson and Horwood, 2001)

New Zealand

1977 -

Modified DIS for Children; CIDI component

80%

21

Birth cohort

1265

Epidemiologic Catchment Study (ECA) (Eaton et al., 1984)

USA

1981–1982

DIS

78–83%

2

18 years and older

10,861 10,185

Baltimore ECA (Chen et al., 2000)

USA

1981 – 1994

DIS

73%

3

18 years and older (small oversampling of elderly)

3481

New Haven ECA

USA

1980–1982

DIS or CESD

81%

2

18 years and older (large oversampling of elderly)

5034 (1977 elderly)

National Comorbidity Study – 2 (Kessler, Merikangas et al., 2003b)

US

1990–2002

CIDI

76.6%

2

15–54 years

8098

Michigan Community Sample (Breslau et al., 2005)

US

1989–2001

DIS

89%

4

21–30 years

1007

Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) (Stein et al., 2001)

Germany

1994–2004

Munich CIDI

84%

2 (plus 10 year follow-up of partial wave)

14–24 years

3021

Northern Rivers Mental Health Study (NoRMHS) (Beard et al., 2006)

Australia

1996–1998

CIDI

69%

2 (plus screening)

18 years and older

1407

Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) (De Graaf et al., 2002)

Nether-lands

1996–1999

CIDI

65%

3

18–64 years

7076

British National Household Survey (Brugha et al., 2005) (Skapinakis et al., 2006)

UK

2000–2002

CIS-R

68%

3

16–74 years

3536 (stratified sample of first wave)

Aldona prospective study (Patel et al., 2006)

India

2001–2003

CIS-R

87%

3

18–50 years

2494 women