Related Variables

vital Vital status at last contact

Deaths from any cause were identified and confirmed for the cohort using multiple concurrent approaches including follow-up interviews, written annual questionnaires or telephone contacts with study participants or next-of-kin, surveillance of local hospital records and community obituaries, and linkage with the Social Security Administration Death Master File. (For more information, see Punjabi et al. 2009 (PubMed ID: 19688045))

Clinical Data/Incident Outcomes/Cardiovascular Diseases
avgdias Interim Follow-up: Average diastolic blood pressure

Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) protocol: average of 2nd and 3rd reading PARENT STUDY: average of all three readings

Clinical Data/Vital Signs/Seated Blood Pressure/Interim
avgsys Interim Follow-up: Average systolic blood pressure

Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) protocol: average of 2nd and 3rd reading PARENT STUDY: average of all three readings

Clinical Data/Vital Signs/Seated Blood Pressure/Interim