Details of Element: Type of Study
Component of Ekg-Cad Classification

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 538 518 1056
Number of Distinct Participants 379 396 775
Year First Collected 1965 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1996 1996 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 Routine
    2 Hypertension
    3 Heart disease
    4 Holter ECG
    5 24 hr. BP
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 5.
Masterfile Index: 007-06-01
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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