FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY - CODING MANUAL

 INFLAMMATORY MARKERS - C-REACTIVE PROTEIN 

 COHORT:  OFFSPRING

 DATA COLLECITON TIME FRAME:   EXAM 7 

 SAS DATASET NAME:  CRP1_7S.SAS7BDAT

 #RECORDS:   3301	


 The value ranges and observation number stated in the manual are based
 on the original data set.  In some cases, observation may be deleted
 due to participant consent form restrictions.  If observations have
 been deleted from this data set, the ranges or observation number may
 differ from those stated in this manual. 


IDTYPE			FRAMINGHAM COHORT IDENTIFIER
			deleted - use SHAREID

ID			FRAMINGHAM ID NUMBER
			deleted - use SHAREID

SHAREID			SHARE ID NUMBER


CRP			C-REACTIVE PROTEIN FROM SERUM (mg/L)
			  0.16 - 250.50
			  .  UNKNOWN 


THE FOLLOWING IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE 
FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY (FHS) INFLAMMATORY MARKER MANUAL

GRANT #:  RO1 HL064753 & RO1 HL076784 & NO1 HC25195

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CRP

SAMPLE TYPE:  serum
FHS PARTICIPANT ASPECT:
  cohort:  offspring  exam 7
  count:  3301
METHOD:  particle enhanced immunonephelometry
TECHNICAL ASPECTS:
  Framingham Heart Study Lab
  commercial kit including all reagents
  vendor:  dade behring
           bn 100-high sensitivity crp reagent
  units:  mg/l
  minimum detabtable dose units:  .016 mg/l
  measuring range:  .16 - 1100 mg/l     
FHS SPECIMEN CHARACTERISTICS:
  serum, run in single
  frozen samples (-80c)
QUALITY CONTROL ASPECTS:
  cv intra-assay:  3.2%
  cv inter-assay:  5.3%