Assembling and validating a heart failure-free cohort from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.
Parag GoyalMatthew T MeffordLigong ChenMadeline R SterlingRaegan W DurantMonika M SaffordEmily B LevitanPublished in: BMC medical research methodology (2020)
The approach to assemble a HF-free cohort in REGARDS can serve as the basis for future studies to examine incident HF in REGARDS and similar studies.