Objective To develop prediction models for short-term outcomes following a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) event (index) or for past AMI events (prevalent) in a national primary care cohort.

Logistic regression is a powerful statistical method that is used to model the probability that a set of explanatory (independent or predictor) variables predict data in an outcome (dependent or ...

In matched case-control studies, conditional logistic regression is used to investigate the relationship between an outcome of being a case or a control and a set of prognostic factors. When each ...