Details of Element: Medications
Component of Stress Data

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 844 536 1380
Number of Distinct Participants 593 406 999
Year First Collected 1983 1981 -
Year Last Collected 1991 1990 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 NONE
    1 NON-CARD
    2 DIURETIC
    3 OTHER HYPER
    4 CARDIO/NON-HYPER
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 4.
Masterfile Index: 143-01-67
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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