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Comparison of characteristics of study participants from the MPI/PO Study by Identification Status on the SSA DMF. |
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| Identified as Dead (n = 330) Mean (SD) |
Not identified as Dead (n = 44) Mean (SD) |
P-VALUE |
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| Age (in years) |
77.5 (9.9) |
70.7 (12.4) |
<0.01 |
| Year of birth (in years) |
1920.2 (10.0) |
1927.5 (12.5) * |
0.06 |
| Year of death (in years) |
1997.6 (1.8) |
1998.0 (2.3)* |
0.13 |
| % |
% |
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| Male |
63.1 |
63.6 |
1.00 |
| Foreign Born |
35.8 |
59.1 |
0.01 |
| African Americans |
6.7 |
13.6 |
0.12 |
| Asian |
2.4 |
2.3 |
1.00 |
| Hispanic |
3.9 |
4.5 |
0.69 |
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Abbreviations: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging/Patient Outcomes, MPI/PO; Social Security Administration Death Master File, SSA DMF * This comparison is age adjusted | |||
Schisterman and Whitcomb Population Health Metrics 2004 2:2 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-2-2 |
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