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From: An investigation of whether factors associated with short-term attrition change or persist over ten years: data from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS)

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MRC CFAS design over ten years with loss to follow-up information. Key: N number interviewed; D – died between interviews; R – refused to be interviewed; M – moved between interviews; AR – attrition rate i.e. (R + M)/(R + M + N); C.S.A. – Combined Screen and Assessment; Alive – Number of baseline participants alive at median time of wave interviews; Int – Percentage of those interviewed out of those alive. Notes: Data version 8.0. Numbers may be inconsistent between waves due to temporary refusers. Position of boxes corresponds to the interquartile range of the date of the interviews.

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