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Table 4 Chiropractic and PCP visits prior to the index date (Commercial)

From: Chiropractic care and the risk of vertebrobasilar stroke: results of a case–control study in U.S. commercial and Medicare Advantage populations

Exposures

All

Age <45 yr

Age ≥45 yr

Cases (n = 1159)

Controls (n = 4633)

Cases (n = 98)

Controls (n = 392)

Cases (n = 1061)

Controls (n = 4241)

Most recent DC Visit

0-1 day: n (%)

3 (0.3)

11 (0.2)

*

*

3 (0.3)

11 (0.3)

0-3 days: n (%)

6 (0.5)

21 (0.5)

*

1 (0.3)

6 (0.6)

20 (0.5)

0-7 days: n (%)

8 (0.7)

31 (0.7)

*

1 (0.3)

8 (0.8)

30 (0.7)

0-14 days: n (%)

9 (0.8)

44 (0.9)

*

3 (0.8)

9 (0.8)

41 (1.0)

0-30 days: n (%)

19 (1.6)

62 (1.3)

2 (2.0)

7 (1.8)

17 (1.6)

55 (1.3)

Most recent PCP Visit

1-1 day: n (%)

41 (3.5)

15 (0.3)

4 (4.1)

1 (0.3)

37 (3.5)

14 (0.3)

1-3 days: n (%)

78 (6.7)

41 (0.9)

8 (8.2)

2 (0.5)

70 (6.6)

39 (0.9)

1-7 days: n (%)

115 (9.9)

93 (2.0)

10 (10.2)

4 (1.0)

105 (9.9)

89 (2.1)

1-14 days: n (%)

157 (13.5)

165 (3.6)

12 (12.2)

15 (3.8)

145 (13.7)

150 (3.5)

1-30 days: n (%)

219 (18.9)

316 (6.8)

23 (23.5)

29 (7.4)

196 (18.5)

287 (6.8)

  1. *Insufficient data to compute an estimate.