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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Med Inform. 2012 Jul 2;82(4):239–247. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.05.015

Table 2.

The Numbers and the Reasons that Contribute to False-Positive Subjects.

Time Frame of EMR Data FP Subjects, No. Missing T1DM Diagnosis Codes, No. (%)
Case 2007 (1 yr) 881 881 (100)
2006–2007 (2 yrs) 914 914 (100)
2005–2007 (3 yrs) 908 908 (100)
2004–2007 (4 yrs) 723 723 (100)
2003–2007 (5 yrs) 435 435 (100)
2002–2007 (6 yrs) 317 317 (100)
2001–2007 (7 yrs) 244 244 (100)
2000–2007 (8 yrs) 198 198 (100)
1999–2007 (9 yrs) 115 115 (100)
1998–2007 (10 yrs) 13 13 (100)

Time Frame of EMR Data FP Subjects, No. Missing Diabetes Diagnosis Codes, No. (%) Missing Use History of DM-Related Medications or Supplies, No. (%) Missing Prior Abnormal Laboratory Reports, No. (%)

Control 2007 (1 yr) 4690 2263 (48) 24 (0.5) 2403 (51)
2006–2007 (2 yrs) 4752 2039 (43) 21 (0.4) 2692 (57)
2005–2007 (3 yrs) 4172 1767 (42) 16 (0.4) 2389 (57)
2004–2007 (4 yrs) 3716 1625 (44) 9 (0.2) 2082 (56)
2003–2007 (5 yrs) 3175 1408 (44) 6 (0.2) 1761 (55)
2002–2007 (6 yrs) 2638 1168 (44) 5 (0.2) 1465 (56)
2001–2007 (7 yrs) 1474 317 (22) 4 (0.3) 1153 (78)
2000–2007 (8 yrs) 933 115 (12) 1 (0.1) 817 (88)
1999–2007 (9 yrs) 569 38 (7) 0 (0) 531 (93)
1998–2007 (10 yrs) 283 16 (6) 0 (0) 267 (94)

Abbreviations: DM, diabetes mellitus; EMR, electronic medical record; FP, false-positive; T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus.