Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Prognostic Predictive Model To Estimate The Risk Of Multiple Chronic Diseases: Constructing Copulas Using Electronic Medical Record Data, Jason E. Black
Prognostic Predictive Model To Estimate The Risk Of Multiple Chronic Diseases: Constructing Copulas Using Electronic Medical Record Data, Jason E. Black
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Introduction: Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more chronic diseases in an individual, is a pressing medical condition. Novel prevention methods are required to reduce the incidence of multimorbidity. Prognostic predictive models estimate a patient’s risk of developing chronic disease. This thesis developed a single predictive model for three diseases associated with multimorbidity: diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis.
Methods: Univariate logistic regression models were constructed, followed by an analysis of the dependence that existed using copulas. All analyses were based on data from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network.
Results: All univariate models were highly predictive, as demonstrated by their …