Development of a comprehensive health-risk prediction tool for postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT: Objective:The aim of the study was to develop a web-based calculator that predicts the likelihood of experiencing multiple, competing outcomes prospectively over 5, 10, and 15 years.

Methods:Baseline demographic and medical data from a healthy and racially and ethnically diverse cohort of 161,808 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 79 at study baseline, who participated in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), were used to develop and evaluate a risk-prediction calculator designed to predict individual risk for morbidity and mortality outcomes. Women were enrolled from 40 sites arranged in four regions of the United States. The calculator predicts all-cause mortality, adjudicated outcomes of health events (ie, myocardial infarction [MI], stroke, and hip fracture), and dise

SUBMITTER: Hedlin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893122 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature