Identify patients in the table below who could serve as matched controls for the highlighted cases. Blanks indicate that the patient did not experience a fall in the time period.
Select controls based on the lowest random number. Match on age. Show your calculations.
|
Patient ID
|
Received Intervention
|
Age
|
Months to Fall
|
Random Number
|
|
Observation Period
|
Follow-up Period
|
|
1
|
Yes
|
64
|
|
3
|
0.24
|
|
2
|
No
|
62
|
|
2
|
0.46
|
|
3
|
Yes
|
81
|
2
|
|
0.64
|
|
4
|
No
|
74
|
4
|
|
0.88
|
|
5
|
No
|
78
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
6
|
No
|
63
|
3
|
|
0.19
|