Evaluating cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes patients: An analysis based on competing risks Markov Chains and additive regression models

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-428

  Rosato, Rosalba ^a,c   Ciccone, G ^a   Bo, S ^b   Pagano, G F ^b   Merletti, F ^a   Gregori, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Servizio di Epidemiologia dei Tumori   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aalen model; Cause specific hazard; Competing risks model; Cox model; Diabetes; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249051906     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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