The only exception was the SHARE cohort, for which cause of death was ascertained through an "end of life interview" with a household member or another close contact of the deceased person.
[ Leonard et al. (2008) studied this same cohort for mortality.] Although there are methodologic challenges in this setting as well, particularly in reconstructing historical exposure levels and in ascertaining health end points accurately, these studies should provide new evidence complementary to that which has been generated to this point.
The number of surviving animals was ascertained at the end of the experiment.
18 Mortality data were ascertained to the end of 2009.
This was ascertained at the end of the study by a questionnaire probing into (i) preferred ambulatory follow-ups every 6 months, (ii) preferred HM + yearly ambulatory follow-ups, or (iii) no preference.
This report presents findings from the survey recently conducted by Working Group 4 among GMI members in order to ascertain NGS end-use requirements and attitudes towards NGS PT.
85 Furthermore, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' recent practice bulletin recommends that women with chronic hypertension "should be evaluated before conception to ascertain possible end-organ involvement".
It had been planned to ascertain fatal end-points and cancer registrations in the UK via the National Health Service Central Register, in Australia via the National Death Index database and in New Zealand via National Health Index number tracing, death registrations, hospital records and the New Zealand Cancer register but with the early closure this was not pursued.
All cause death was ascertained until the administrative end date of the study.
Case subjects consisted of DNA samples from 2,652 self-described African American individuals with T2D, including 1,502 ascertained through having end-stage renal disease (T2D-ESRD).
End points were ascertained from medical records, death certificates, and interviews with attending physicians and patient families through a standard questionnaire reviewed by two independent observers.
