Details of Element: Sample 4
Component of 3 Hour Ogtt

Unique Name: sam4q36
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 373 188 561
Number of Distinct Participants 369 181 550
Year First Collected 1987 1987 -
Year Last Collected 1990 1989 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: mg/dL
Precision: ###.
Anticipated Range: 000. thru 999.
Masterfile Index: 131-02-10
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). A single oral dose of 100 mg dapsone (Dapsone USP, Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. Princeton, NJ) was taken at the beginning of the OGTT. The oral glucose dose is 40 g per square meter of body surface area. It consisted of a 25% solution flavored with lemon juice and is ingested in 5 minutes. The tests were performed between July 1987 and December 1989 in BLSA men and women.

    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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