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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2013 Jun 15;66(9):1006–1013. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.03.013

Table 4.

Kaplan–Meier estimates of cumulative mortality and LTFU reported 6 monthly and relative differences of LTFUa compared with Definition A

6 mo
12 mo
18 mo
24 mo
Approach % Mortality % LTFU % Difference % Mortality % LTFU % Difference % Mortality % LTFU % Difference % Mortality % LTFU % Difference
Definition A 4.8 9.3 Ref 6.6 14.4 Ref 7.6 18.8 Ref 8.5 22.4 Ref
Variation A1 4.7 8.9 4.3 6.4 13.5 6.3 7.3 17.0 9.6 8.0 19.7 12.1
Variation A2 4.7 7.3 21.5 6.5 12.5 13.2 7.6 17.0 9.6 8.4 20.7 7.6
Variation A3 4.5 2.5 73.1 6.2 10.7 25.7 7.2 17.2 8.5 8.0 22.8 −1.8
Variation A4 4.5 1.3 86.0 6.0 8.8 38.9 6.9 14.1 25.0 7.6 18.6 17.0
Site defined 4.6 6.8 26.9 6.3 11.9 17.4 7.2 18.5 1.6 7.9 25.6 −14.3

Abbreviation: LTFU, loss to follow-up.

a

Differences reported are percentage differences compared with Definition A.