results between 2004 and 2006, 6966 beneficiaries in the medicare 5% sample were diagnosed as having vitamin d deficiency. to assess possible racial disparities in diagnosis of vitamin d deficiency, we examined age at first diagnosis of vitamin d deficiency. black beneficiaries tended to be ...
ICD-10-CM codes were drawn over a 2-year period because of evidence that a 2-year lookback improves diagnosis capture compared with a 1-year lookback.29 Statistical Analysis Basic descriptive statistics were reviewed for all variables. In comparing patients with last vitamin D levels that were...
(OH)D affects expression of vitamin D-responsive genes by modulating levels of active 1,25(OH)2D in lung tissue, and that variants in candidate genes directly regulated by 1,25(OH)2D in lung tissue are associated with FEV1 and FEV1/FVC, the key parameters used for COPD diagnosis and ...
Second, the VITAL population was linked to inpatient and outpatient claims data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and diagnosis codes for AF (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision [ICD-9] diagnosis code 427.31 and International Statistical Classification of ...
trend in the prevalence and incidence of AF in the last decades; that course could partially be explained by the aging population and the increasing prevalence of co-morbidities and cardiovascular risk factors, in addition to other factors such as lifestyle changes and improved diagnosis [1,3]....
(AUC). The sensitivity and specificity of the model for the diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency, and for the diagnosis of severe vitamin D deficiency, were estimated using a threshold corresponding to a value predicted by the model of 50 nmol/L (test positive when the predicted value ≤ 50 ...