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Table 2 Characteristics of included participants by train and test population, Vancouver, Canada, 2008–2016. P-values reported for t-test (age) and Fisher exact test (all other variables)

From: Accurate classification of carotid endarterectomy indication using physician claims and hospital discharge data

 

Train

Test

P-value

N

615

114

 

Data years

2008–2015

2016

 

Age – mean (SD)

72.1 (9.1)

71.3 (9.7)

0.4

Female – N (%)

207 (33.7%)

33 (28.9%)

0.4

In metro – N (%)

482 (78.4%)

89 (78.1%)

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Symptom type – N (%)

  

0.02

 Asymptomatic

189 (30.7%)

29 (25.4%)

 

 Retinal

111 (18.0%)

22 (19.3%)

 

 TIA

198 (32.2%)

27 (23.7%)

 

 Stroke

117 (19.0%)

36 (31.6%)

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