Details of Element: Father
Component of No Cho Metabolism Test Performed

Unique Name: fathe10
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 7 2 9
Number of Distinct Participants 7 2 9
Year First Collected 1964 1990 -
Year Last Collected 1996 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: #, Hx of Diabetes
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 1.
Masterfile Index: 126-01-01
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Descriptive history:
    The 126 file type contains data on visits when no glucose test could be performed. The coding of Card 1 deals with factors known to influence the results of the glucose tolerance testing. These factors include the BLSA participant's family history of diabetes mellitus, medications and diseases known to affect the test, and technical factors that influence the results of the test.

    Data collection methodology:
    Blood chemistry.

    Related protocols:
    Other blood chemistries.

    Investigators:
    Dr. Reubin Andres (primary investigator)
    GRC Box-24
    andresr@grc.nia.nih.gov
    (410)-558-8194

    Frequency of data collection:
    Data is collected only when glucose tolerance testing could not be performed.

    Inclusion/exclusion rules:

    Publications using these data:
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