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Fig. 1 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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From: A nationwide registry study on heart failure in Norway from 2008 to 2018: variations in lookback period affect incidence estimates

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Schematic overview of different lookback approaches. 1; 4 years fixed LP (2012–2018), 2; 6 years fixed LP (2014–2018), 3; 8 years fixed LP (2016–2018); 4, All available data (2012–2018 allowing minimum 4 years of LP resulting in varying LPs). In case examples A and B, the red arrows represent the retrospective lookback period and grey arrows represent deletion of historical data when applying a fixed LP

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