RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The EUROSTROKE cohorts: a short description and data analytical approach JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO J Epidemiol Community Health FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP i2 OP i7 DO 10.1136/jech.56.suppl_1.i2 VO 56 IS suppl 1 A1 M L Bots A1 P C Elwood A1 Y Nikitin A1 J T Salonen A1 A Freire de Concalves A1 D Inzitari A1 J Sivenius A1 A Trichopoulou A1 J Tuomilehto A1 P J Koudstaal A1 D E Grobbee YR 2002 UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/56/suppl_1/i2.abstract AB This paper describes the design and methodology of the participating cohorts in the EUROSTROKE project. Information is given about the cohort sampling, its size, the follow up procedures and event classification. Information is also given about the measurement of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors in each of the cohorts separately. The cohorts described are the Caerphilly study in Cardiff, United Kingdom; the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart disease study in Kuopio, Finland; the Portugal study in Coimbra, Portugal; the EPIC cohort in Athens, Greece; the Ilsa study from Firenze, Italy; the Rotterdam Study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the Novosibirsk cohort in Novosibirsk, Russia.