BMC Geriatrics

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A 12-year prospective study of stroke risk in older Medicare beneficiaries

Fredric D Wolinsky1,2,3*, Suzanne E Bentler2, Elizabeth A Cook2, Elizabeth A Chrischilles4, Li Liu5, Kara B Wright4, John F Geweke6, Maksym Obrizan6, Claire E Pavlik7, Robert L Ohsfeldt8, Michael P Jones1,5, Robert B Wallace3,4 and Gary E Rosenthal1,2,4

Author Affiliations

1 Center for Research on the Implementation of Innovative Strategies into Practice, Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

2 Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

3 Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

4 Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

5 Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

6 Department of Economics, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

7 Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

8 Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA

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BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-9-17

Published: 9 May 2009

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Supplemental table 1. Crude hazards ratios (HR), adjusted static HRs (AHRs), and adjusted dynamic AHRs obtained using the high sensitivitya case-identification approach.

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Supplemental table 2. Crude hazards ratios (HR), adjusted static HRs (AHRs), and adjusted dynamic AHRs obtained using the high specificitya case-identification approach.

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