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 Title: Cohort R97: Biomarkers
Summary: A population of 9,427 Korean War era veterans, from the 1949-1954 landmark studies of streptococcal disease and rheumatic fever in military recruits at Fort Warren, WY. Morbidity and mortality data have been collected.
References:
Denny FW, Wannamaker LW, Brink WR, Rammelkamp CH. Prevention of rheumatic fever, treatment of preceding streptococcic infection. JAMA 1950;143:151-153. Republished as landmark article in JAMA 1985;254:534-537.
Seeff LB, Miller RN, Rabkin CS, Buskell-Bales Z, Straley-Eason K, Smoak BL, Johnson LD, Lee SR, Kaplan EL. Forty-five year follow-up of hepatitis C virus infection among healthy young adults. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132:105-111.
Keywords: biomarker; streptococcus; rheumatic fever
Cohort Characteristics: 9,427 records
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Data item |
Cohort |
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Military service number: |
100% complete |
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Social security number: |
91% complete |
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Full name: |
100% complete |
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Race: |
72% complete |
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White: |
65% |
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Black: |
7% |
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Other/unknown: |
28% |
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Sex: |
75% complete |
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Male: |
99% |
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Female: |
1% |
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Date of birth: |
89% complete |
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Mean year of birth: |
1931 |
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Median year of birth: |
1931 |
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Year of birth range: |
1880-1937 |
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Vital status as of 1996 |
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Crude mortality: |
24% |
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Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 02:09 PM
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