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Construction of an odds model of coronary heart disease using published information: the Cardiovascular Health Improvement Model (CHIME)

Christopher J Martin email, Paul Taylor email and Henry WW Potts email

Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education, University College London, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London, N19 5LW, UK

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8:49doi:10.1186/1472-6947-8-49

Published: 31 October 2008

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Additional file 1:

Tables showing the coefficients for the fractional polynomials. These tables give the values of the coefficients for men and for women, for each function making up the fractional polynomial. Each fractional polynomial describes the value of a risk factor at a given age.

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