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Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study.

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Siegler, IC; Peterson, BL; Barefoot, JC; Harvin, SH; Dahlstrom, WG; Kaplan, BH; Costa, PT; Williams, RB
Published in: J Clin Epidemiol
November 1992

The UNC Alumni Heart Study (UNCAHS) is a prospective study of the role of psychosocial factors, in particular hostility, in the development of coronary heart disease. The target population is composed of persons who completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory while attending the University of North Carolina in the mid-1960s. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine whether hostility, demographic and other variables were significant determinants of the subjects' locatability and participation. It was found that MMPI hostility scores at initial testing were unrelated to either potential or actual locatability or participation. Thus there is no evidence that hostility is the source of selection bias in the UNCAHS. Selection into the study was predicted by age, sex, degree status and variables concerned with the conditions under which the MMPI was administered. It is concluded that follow-up studies of college cohorts may have study-specific sources of selection bias.

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J Clin Epidemiol

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ISSN

0895-4356

Publication Date

November 1992

Volume

45

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1243 / 1250

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Selection Bias
  • Risk Factors
  • Prospective Studies
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • North Carolina
  • Male
  • MMPI
  • Logistic Models
  • Humans
 

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Siegler, I. C., Peterson, B. L., Barefoot, J. C., Harvin, S. H., Dahlstrom, W. G., Kaplan, B. H., … Williams, R. B. (1992). Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study. J Clin Epidemiol, 45(11), 1243–1250. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(92)90165-j
Siegler, I. C., B. L. Peterson, J. C. Barefoot, S. H. Harvin, W. G. Dahlstrom, B. H. Kaplan, P. T. Costa, and R. B. Williams. “Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study.J Clin Epidemiol 45, no. 11 (November 1992): 1243–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(92)90165-j.
Siegler IC, Peterson BL, Barefoot JC, Harvin SH, Dahlstrom WG, Kaplan BH, et al. Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992 Nov;45(11):1243–50.
Siegler, I. C., et al. “Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study.J Clin Epidemiol, vol. 45, no. 11, Nov. 1992, pp. 1243–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0895-4356(92)90165-j.
Siegler IC, Peterson BL, Barefoot JC, Harvin SH, Dahlstrom WG, Kaplan BH, Costa PT, Williams RB. Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992 Nov;45(11):1243–1250.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Clin Epidemiol

DOI

ISSN

0895-4356

Publication Date

November 1992

Volume

45

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1243 / 1250

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Selection Bias
  • Risk Factors
  • Prospective Studies
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • North Carolina
  • Male
  • MMPI
  • Logistic Models
  • Humans