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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Feb 4;26(3):198–203. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.01.004

Table 1.

Results of eligibility validation for alternative modes of cohort ascertainment

Mode of
Ascertainment
Number of
Patients
Determination of Cohort Eligibility;
N, row percentages (95% CI)*
Definitely
transgender
Definitely not
transgender
Possibly
transgender**
Progress note
keyword(s) only
137 62
45% (37-54%)
73
53% (45-62%)
2
1% (0-6%)
ICD-9 code(s) only 25 14
56% (35-75%)
4
16% (5-37%)
7
28% (13-50%)
Both keyword(s) and
ICD-9 code(s)
109 109
100% (96-100%)
0
(0%; 0-4%)
0
0% (0-4%)
Total 271 185
68% (62-74%)
77
28% (23-34%)
9
3% (2-6%)
*

may not add up to 100% due to rounding

**

Includes persons whose text strings and/or in depth records reviews were inconclusive