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Table 3 Cardiovascular disease-related hospitalizations among patients diagnosed with ischemic stroke according to time since index stroke

From: The time course of subsequent hospitalizations and associated costs in survivors of an ischemic stroke in Canada

 

At Risk

Hospitalization Due to Cardiovascular Disease

Time Period

N*

PY**

Patients

Hosp†

%‡

Freq§

Hazard#

Total Rate°

Month 1

18,695

1,429

1,026

1,049

5.5

1.02

0.72

0.73

Month 2

16,821

1,359

447

451

2.7

1.01

0.33

0.33

Months 3–6

16,319

5,274

1,061

1,208

7.4

0.28

0.20

0.23

Months 7–12

15,361

7,457

871

1,024

5.7

0.20

0.12

0.14

Year 2

14,436

13,642

1,216

1,587

8.4

0.10

0.09

0.12

Year 3

12,917

12,265

1,008

1,316

7.8

0.11

0.08

0.11

Year 4

11,628

11,081

839

1,048

7.2

0.10

0.08

0.10

Year 5

10,514

9,997

747

938

7.1

0.10

0.07

0.09

  1. *N=number surviving to beginning of each time period
  2. **PY=person years accumulated by patients during each period
  3. †Hospitalization count in each period
  4. ‡% gives the proportion of patients hospitalized
  5. §Frequency expressed as hospitalizations per patient hospitalized (per month)
  6. #Hazard expressed as patients hospitalized per patient year
  7. °Rate expressed as hospitalizations per patient year
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