Supplementary Table 1: Details and references for data set analysis

Mean age Test First author Ref. Year n (years) Gender Test device protocol Category Ades (1) 1993 45 69 M67% TM S CAD Amundsen (2) 2008 17 62 M82% TM M CAD Bauer (3) 1999 31 61 M100% TM S PVD/N Beck (4) 2006 72 29 M100% Cycle M N Beckers (5) 2008 58 59 M72% TM M CHF Belardinelli (6) 1999 99 59 M89% Cycle M CHF Blanchet (7) 2005 33 57 M94% TM M CHF Bohlen (8) 1984 10 33 M100% Other S N Bond (9) 2005 36 26 F100% Cycle M N Brondel (10) 2005 48 85 F100% Walking S Elderly Brunner-LaRocca (11) 1999 48 55 M92% TM S CHF Carvalho (12) 2008 62 48 M79% TM M CHF Cohen-Sal (13) 2002 175 53 M89% Cycle M CHF Colberg (14) 2003 23 61 M61% Cycle M Diabetes Convertino (15) 1982 12 50 M100% Cycle M N Dehne (16) 1986 12 25 F100% Other S N Diller (17) 2006 727 33 M52% TM M ACHD Dressendorfer (18) 1993 182 57 M100% TM M CAD Dubach (19) 1997 25 56 M100% Cycle M CHF Findlay (20) 1987 16 40 M100% Cycle M N Gallagher (21) 2005 500 47 M57% TM M Obesity/CHF/N Gitt (22) 2002 223 63 M86% Cycle M CHF Hambrecht (23) 2000 59 54 M100% Cycle M CHF Hambrecht (24) 2004 76 61 M100% Cycle M CAD Hansen (25) 2008 134 63 M82% Cycle M CAD Ingle (26) 2008 388 73 M79% TM M CHF Kasch (27) 1999 15 45 M100% TM/Cycle M N Kennedy (28) 2008 19 27 M100% Other S N Koike (29) 2003 164 57 M80% Cycle M CHF Koike (30) 1995 48 56 M77% Cycle S,M CVD/N Laukkanen (31) 2006 1596 52 M100% Cycle M N Li (32) 1993 40 32 F100% Cycle/other S N Mancini (33) 2003 23 58 M78% Cycle M CHF Martinelli (34) 2005 21 21 M100% Cycle M N McDonough (35) 1970 144 51 M100% TM M N Mezzani (36) 2007 428 55 M90% Cycle M CHF/N Myers (37) 2008 710 56 M80% TM/Cycle M CHF Osada (38) 1998 154 52 M76% TM M CHF Panton (39) 1996 51 69 F65% TM S/M N Peterson (40) 2003 369 50 M72% TM M CHF Puente-Maestu (41) 2000 35 34 M100% TM M COPD Rognmo (42) 2004 17 62 M82% TM M CAD Sagiv (43) 2007 40 16 M100% Cycle M N Santos (44) 2005 37 26 F100% TM S N Savonen (45) 2008 1176 52 M100% Cycle M N Schalcher (46) 2003 146 52 M88% TM M CHF Schmid (47) 1998 25 34 M100% WC M SCI Slordahl (48) 2004 12 22 F100% TM M N Tabet (49) 2006 115 55 M87% Cycle S,M CAD/MI Treuth (50) 1998 20 10 M50% TM S,M N Vallet (51) 1997 24 57 M75% Cycle M COPD Vanhees (52) 2000 63 63 M93% Cycle S,M CAD/AF Vanhees (53) 2004 1909 55 M93% Cycle M CAD Wensel (54) 2002 70 46 F67% TM/Cycle M PPH Wernstedt (55) 2002 20 27 F100% Cycle M N Williams (56) 2001 219 56 M76% TM M CHF Witte (57) 2006 355 66 M68% TM M CHF/N Wolfel (58) 1998 5 27 M100% Cycle S N Woo (59) 2006 61 50 M50% TM M N Yang (60) 2007 15 64 M60% TM M CVD/stroke References

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