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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2015 Feb;33(2):412–420. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000382

Figure 1. Recruitment and Follow up Flowchart for the Cohort Study of Medication Adherence among Older Adults (CoSMO).

Figure 1

Adapted from Krousel-Wood et al. Med Clin N Am 93:753–769, 2009

*Ineligible during the recruitment phase due to no confirmed diagnosis of hypertension (22.9%), hard of hearing (16.4%), too ill to complete survey (12.6%), deceased (11.5%), cognitive screen failure (11.1%), not currently prescribed antihypertensive medication (8.4%), no longer enrolled in managed care organization (6.9%), non-English speaker (5.8%), confined to a nursing home (1.9%), moved out of state (1.1%), current treatment for cancer (1%), or miscellaneous reason (<1%).

^ Ineligible in the follow up phase due to hospitalization for CVD outcome in the year prior to the baseline survey

†Reason for exclusion: missing Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) data in the year prior to the baseline survey

CVD-cardiovascular disease