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Table 3 The list of continuous phenotypes of this study

From: A PheWAS study of a large observational epidemiological cohort of African Americans from the REGARDS study

Short name

Category

Full description

Data transformation

Number of samples

Mean

Standard deviation

CogScore [26, 27]

Aging

Computed cognitive score

 

6195

5.45

0.85

Falls_number [28]

Aging

Number of times fallen in the past year

log10(x + 1)

1182

0.42

0.2

MCS [50]

Aging

The mental component of the short-form 12 health survey: Mental

 

7352

53.46

9.02

BMI [51]

Body size

Body Mass Index - kg/m2

 

7657

30.84

6.73

Height [51]

Body size

Height

 

7702

66.4

3.88

Waist_cm [51]

Body size

Waist circumference (cm)

 

7673

98.43

15.42

Weight_kg [51]

Body size

Weight (kg)

 

7694

87.99

20.54

ARICStroke

CVD related

ARIC Stroke Risk Score: 10 Year Probability of Ischemic Scroke (%)

log10

6791

0.83

0.47

Cholest [52]

CVD related

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

 

7676

193.1

40.9

Crp [53]

CVD related

C reactive protein (mg/L)

log10

7597

0.46

0.52

DBP [54, 55]

CVD related

Diastolic blood pressure - average of two measures (mmHg)

 

7703

78.58

10.11

Fram_CHD_score [56]

CVD related

Framingham CHD Hard Event Risk Score: Risk of Coronary Death or MI over 10 Years (among those free of CHD at baseline)

log10

6381

0.86

0.4

Fram_stroke_score [57]

CVD related

Framingham Stroke Risk Score: 10 Year Probability of Stroke (%) (among those who self-reported never having a stroke at baseline)

log10

6694

0.88

0.39

Hdl [52]

CVD related

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

 

7622

53.46

15.9

Heartrate [58]

CVD related

Heart rate (beats per minute)

 

7627

68.48

11.95

Ideal7 [59]

CVD related

American Heart Association Life simple seven, total number of ideal for each of the seven

 

7726

2.12

1.08

Ldl [52]

CVD related

LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

 

7566

116.81

36.42

SBP [54, 55]

CVD related

Systolic blood pressure - average of two measures (mmHg)

 

7703

131.41

17.29

SLFS [60]

CVD related

Family risk score for stroke

 

4293

−0.48

0.33

Stroke_Sym_Number [39, 40]

CVD related

Number of stroke symptoms

 

7134

0.39

0.87

Trigly [52]

CVD related

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

log10

7673

2.01

0.2

Glucose [41]

Diatetes related

Glucose (mg/dL from labs formerly from fromVermont)

sqrt

7676

10.38

1.78

Insulin [41]

Diatetes related

Endogenous Insulin uU/mL

log10

5619

1.09

0.35

CESD [61]

Other

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

 

7670

1.39

2.21

DASH_Score [62]

Other

DASH style diet score

 

4592

23.11

4.25

Diet7 [59]

Other

Life simple seven, diet score

 

4592

1.17

0.37

Education [63]

Other

1 = ‘Less than high school’; 2 = ‘High school graduate’; 3 = ‘Some college’; 4 = ‘College graduate and above’; missing = − 9.

 

7718

2.57

1.08

Income [63]

Other

Income

 

6763

5.7

2.13

MedDietScore [64]

Other

Mediterranean diet score

 

4483

4.43

1.64

PA7 [59]

Other

Life simple seven, physical activity

 

7618

1.89

0.79

PCS [50]

Other

PCS-12: SF-12 Physical

square root

7325

4.55

1.1

Smoke7

Other

Life simple seven, smoking

 

7726

2.63

0.76

TV [65]

Other

watching TV time. 0 = ‘None’; 1 = ‘1–6 h/wk’; 2 = ‘1 h/day’; 3 = ‘2 h/day’; 4 = ‘3 h/day’; 5 = ‘4+ hrs/day’; missing = − 9.

 

5408

3.81

1.39

ACR [66]

Rental

Urinary Albumin/Creatinine ratio (mg/g)

log10

7421

1.09

0.62

Albumin_urine [66]

Rental

Urinary albumin (mg/L)

log10

7423

1.2

0.63

BUN [66]

Rental

Blood-urea-nitrogen (mg/dL)

log10

5472

1.18

0.16

Creatinine_serum [67]

Rental

IDMS Calibrated Creatinine (mg/dL)

log10(x + 1)

7674

0.29

0.09

Creatinine_urine [66]

Rental

Urinary creatinine (mg/dL)

 

7437

152.1

84.59

Cysc [67]

Rental

Cystatin C (mg/L)

log10

7597

0

0.14

EGFR_CKDEPI [68]

Rental

estimated GFR from the CKD-Epi equation

 

7674

87.52

23.67

EGFR_MDRD [68]

Rental

Glomerular Filtration Rate (mL/min/1.73 square meters) using IDMS calibrated creatinine and MDRD equation

 

7674

89.36

27.15