Algorithms for the Capture and Adjudication of Prevalent and Incident Diabetes in UK Biobank.

OBJECTIVES:UK Biobank is a UK-wide cohort of 502,655 people aged 40-69, recruited from National Health Service registrants between 2006-10, with healthcare data linkage. Type 2 diabetes is a key exposure and outcome. We developed algorithms to define prevalent and incident diabetes for UK Biobank. T...

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Main Authors: Sophie V Eastwood, Rohini Mathur, Mark Atkinson, Sinead Brophy, Cathie Sudlow, Robin Flaig, Simon de Lusignan, Naomi Allen, Nishi Chaturvedi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5025160?pdf=render