Database legend – statistics for medicine students

No. Variable name Legend Description

1 SERIAL Serial number in study

2 BIRY YY Birth year
1=male
3 SEX Gender
2=female
Baseline information
0 = 1970
1 = 1971
4 EXYR1 2 = 1972 Year of the baseline examination
3= 1973
9= 1969
Baseline systolic blood pressure in
5 AVESYS1 mmHg: average of 6 measurements
taken in 6 consecutive days
Baseline diastolic blood pressure in
6 AVEDYS1 mmHg: average of 6 measurements
taken in 6 consecutive days
7 WT1 Baseline weight in kilograms
8 HT1 Baseline height in cm
0 = missing
1 = yes
9 ISHUN1 Baseline smoking status
2 = no
9 = unknown

Follow up information

Follow up Systolic blood pressure

10 AVESYSL (mmHg): the average of 4
measurements
Follow up Diastolic blood pressure
11 AVED1SL (mmHg): the average of 4
measurements
12 WTL Follow up weight in kilograms
13 HTL Follow up height in cm
1= yes (current), at least
14 ISHUNL once/day Follow up smoking status
2= yes (current), less than

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 once/day
3= yes (past), stopped
more than 6 months ago
4= yes (past), stopped less
than 6 months
5= ever smoked only for
less than 1 year and
stopped at least 6 months
ago
6= Never smoked
9= unknown
16 FBGL Fasting blood glucose in mg/dL.
total cholesterol
17 TCH
(normal < 200 mg/dL)
Blood lipid, "good cholesterol"
18 HDL For men > 40 mg/dL
For women >50 mg/dL
total triglyceride mg/dL (blood lipid,
19 TTG
energy storage)
% of hemoglobin A1 in plasma
20 HBA1
(<5.5% considered normal)
Creatinine mg/dL (Kidney functional
measure)
21 CREAT
Normal: 0.6 – 1.3
Men higher than women
22 SIBAP Cause of death according to ICD-9

23 yrptira_2012 Year of death

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