Cardiovascular medication changes over 5 years in a national data linkage study: implications for risk prediction models

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Cardiovascular medication changes over 5 years in a national data linkage study: implications for risk prediction models

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Suneela Mehta,1 Rod Jackson,1 Sue Wells,1 Jeff Harrison,2 Daniel J Exeter,1 Andrew J Kerr1,3 1Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, 3Cardiology Services, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand Background: Despite widespread use of cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive medications in cohorts used to develop CVD risk prediction models, only some incorporate baseline CVD pharmacotherapy and none account for treatment changes during study fo...

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2018-01-01

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Mehta S / Jackson R / Wells S / Harrison J / Exeter DJ / Kerr AJ

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cardiovascular diseases / primary prevention / drug therapy / routine data / data linkage / Infectious and parasitic diseases

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