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. 2013 Oct 4;8(10):e75605. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075605

Figure 3. The lifetime health-adjusted survival of stroke patients.

Figure 3

The survival probability (longdash line) multiplied by the proportion of patients with no disability (dotted line) over time after diagnosis results in the health-adjusted survival curve (solid line), which can be summed to estimate the expected life years without functional disabilities for stroke patients (shaded area).