Details of Element: Technical Factors
Component of Oral Glucose Test

Unique Name: tecfa15
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 10 6 16
Number of Distinct Participants 10 6 16
Year First Collected 1978 1979 -
Year Last Collected 1995 1981 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 Emesis after oral glucose or Sx from tolbutamide infusion
    2 Sig. nausea after oral glucose
    3 Diarrhea after oral glucose
    4 Exercise prior to test
    5 Smoking prior to test
    6 TRT on previous day
    7 Angina after oral glucose
    8 CGTT on previous day
    9 Recheck codes carefully
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 9.
Masterfile Index: 130-01-29
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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