Details of Element: Father
Component of 3 Hour Ogtt

Unique Name: fathe17
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 25 17 42
Number of Distinct Participants 25 16 41
Year First Collected 1987 1987 -
Year Last Collected 1989 1989 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: #, Hx of Diabetes
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 1.
Masterfile Index: 131-01-01
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Descriptive history:
    The 131 file type contains data from the 3 hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The coding of Card 1 deals with factors known to influence the results of the OGTT. 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:
    The 3 hour OGTT was performed on selected BLSA men and women between July 1987 and December 1989.

    Inclusion/exclusion rules:
    No subjects previously diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus.

    Publications using these data:
  • Korrapati, M., Sorkin, J., Andres, R., Muller, D., Loi, C.-M., Vesell, E., Vestal, R. Acetylator phenotype in relation to age and gender in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 37: 83-91, 1997.
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