Details of Element: Beginning Spirometry
Component of Stress Data


Unique Name: begsp1
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 1325 881 2206
Number of Distinct Participants 740 472 1212
Year First Collected 1972 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1991 1991 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: cm.
Precision: ##.#
Anticipated Range: 80.5 thru 90.5
Masterfile Index: 143-04-03
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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