Details of Element: Specific Gravity
Component of Medical Laboratory


Unique Name: spegr
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 11511 3762 15273
Number of Distinct Participants 1558 918 2476
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: (undeclared)
Precision: #.###
Anticipated Range: 1.005 thru 1.040
Masterfile Index: 002-01-34
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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