Prospective Cohort Study of
Lung Cancer: Study Design
•Compare lung cancer
mortality between INH-treated and non-INH treated diabetic
patients over the course of 12 years
•Use THIN electronic
medical record database in the UK (~57,000 diabetic patients)
•Develop a smoking
questionnaire to collect smoking history data
•Collect demographics, drug exposure,
diagnoses, and vital status data through routine
THIN data collection
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