The impact of lookback windows on the prevalence and incidence of chronic diseases among people living with HIV: an exploration in administrative health data in Canada

Table 1 Proportion of misclassified prevalent cases (as percentages, relative to the 16-year lookback window) of chronic diseases among people living with HIV and HIV-negative individuals in 2012 across varying lookback windows

Note: PLWH: people living with HIV; HIV-Neg: HIV-negative individuals; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases; Ref: reference. Lightest, medium and darkest shade represent proportion of misclassification < 10, < 20 and < 30%, respectively
Proportion of misclassified prevalent cases was proportion of prevalent cases (i.e., identified using 16-year lookback window) not captured by a shorter lookback window

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