Assembling and validating a heart failure-free cohort from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study

Assembling and validating a heart failure-free cohort from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study

Abstract Background Studies examining incident heart failure (HF) have been limited to select populations. To examine incident HF with broader generalizability, there is need to assemble a HF-free cohort using a geographically-diverse sample. We aimed to develop and validate a simple medication-base...

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Main Authors: Parag Goyal, Matthew T. Mefford, Ligong Chen, Madeline R. Sterling, Raegan W. Durant, Monika M. Safford, Emily B. Levitan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Heart failure
Epidemiology
Population studies
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0890-x

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