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P OSTER<br />

A BSTRACTS<br />

Each subject’s score was calculated as a sum of the points for the diseases<br />

and conditions they had.<br />

RESULTS: The variables retained in the model were congestive<br />

heart failure (2 pts), peptic ulcer (1 pt), dementia (1 pt), cerebrovascular<br />

disease (1 pt) and history of tumor (1 pt). Using these, we created<br />

a score more parsimonious and more predictive than the Charlson<br />

score. Scores given by our tool and Charlson scores were used as<br />

predictors in a Cox model, revealing our score’s statistically significant<br />

predictive value (p

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