Details of Element: Hemoglobin
Component of Medical Laboratory


Unique Name: hemog0
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 342 56 398
Number of Distinct Participants 245 52 297
Year First Collected 1967 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1996 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: G/DL
Precision: ##.#
Anticipated Range: 12.5 thru 17.0
Masterfile Index: 002-02-04
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
Details for this Data Type


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