Comparison of prevalence and exposure-disease associations using self-report and hospitalization data among enrollees of the world trade center health registry

Table 3 Hospitalization Self-Report at Wave 3 and Verification by SPARCS

Disease	Self-Report Hospitalization at Wave 3	SPARCS Hospitalization Within 15 Months^a Before Wave 3	Overlap of Self-Report and SPARCS for Wave 3	Kappa
Rheum. Arth.	39	7	0	0.00
Hypertension	194	322	32	0.11
Heart Attack	79	23	9	0.17
Stroke	50	11	3	0.10
Asthma	94	125	9	0.08
Diabetes	66	80	6	0.08
Hyperlipidemia^b	–	–	–	–

^aA 15-month period was employed for the SPARCS data to account for possible telescoping in the self-report data
^bWave 3 survey did not include hospitalization question about hyperlipidemia

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