Group Health/UW Aging and Dementia eMERGE Study

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Anthropometry (3)

Demographics (11)

  • AGE_DEATH - Age at death (phv00088195.v2.p2)
  • age_DSMiv_dementia_onset - Age at dementia onset as defined by the DSM IV definition (phv00088207.v2.p2)
  • AGE_FRST_EMR_DEM_ICD9_CD - Age at 1st qualifying ICD9 dementia code (phv00088196.v2.p2)
  • AGE_LAST_KNOWN_DEMENTIA_FREE - Age last known dementia free (DSMiv) (phv00088205.v2.p2)
  • Age_Met_EMR_Dementia_Criteria - Age when qualified for EMR dementia definition (1st qualifying drug or 5th qualifying DX) (phv00088197.v2.p2)
  • age_NINdx_alzheimers_onset - Age at Alzheimer's Disease onset as defined by the NINCDS-ADRDA definition (phv00088206.v2.p2)
  • Age_Observation - Age when clinical event is recorded (phv00088222.v2.p2)
  • Age_Study_Enrollment - Age at enrollment in the ACT or ADPR study (phv00088208.v2.p2)
  • DECADE_BIRTH - Decade of Birth (phv00088198.v2.p2)
  • Diabetes_Mellitus_Age_NW_defn - Age at first mention of diabetes in record (For GH, age of first icd9 code (phv00088200.v2.p2)
  • sex - Sex of Participant (phv00088203.v2.p2)

Disease Events (6)

  • CASE_STATUS - Cases are defined as: Subjects meeting EMR criteria (5 dementia dx or 1 rx) from VU, Marshfield and Mayo cohorts OR Subjects enrolled in Group Health's ADPR (which required probable presence of Alzheimer's disease at study enrollment) OR Subjects enrolled in Group Health's ACT Study with a DSMiv score indicative of dementia ( 0<Dementia_DSMivdx<7) (phv00088227.v2.p2)
  • dementia_dsmiiidx - DSM III definition of dementia (phv00088210.v2.p2)
  • dementia_dsmivdx - DSM IV definition of dementia (phv00088211.v2.p2)
  • DEMENTIA_EMR_DEFINITION - Electronic Medical Record Definition of Dementia requiring a minimum of 5 visits with dementia DX code or a dementia drug prescription (phv00088199.v2.p2)
  • Dementia_EMR_Validated - How dementia EMR was validated at Marshfield (phv00088217.v2.p2)
  • dementia_nindx - NINCDS-ADRDA definition of dementia of the Alzheimer's type (phv00088212.v2.p2)

Race and Ethnicity (2)

Socioeconomic (3)

Substance Use (1)

Other (17)