Jun 23, 2012

Data Collection Craziness

Chaotic reproductive histories in the nurses health study.

Not unlike the Women's Circle of Health Study.

  • 4204 Number of pregnancies reported in 1976 differed by 2 or more pregancies from the estimated number of pregancies in 1976 based on reported ages of children in 1978
  • 6993 Number of living children differed from parity in 1978
  • 2756 Number of children in 1978 less than reported number of children in 1976
  • 765 women whose age at first birth (estimated from the reported ages of children in 1978) was greater than 3 years plus the age at first birth reported in 1976
  • 763 women whose age at menarche was less that or equal to 8 years of age or greater than or equal to 22 years of age
  • 83 Unknown parity
  • 671 Age at any birth greater than the age at menopause.
  • 23 Unknown age at menopause
  • 73 male or invalid participant (REALLY!?)
  • 9 became eligible very late
  • 3776 unknown duration of use of HRT
  • 8871 unknown weight at 18y, unknown weight/height in 1976
  • 10,301 hysterectomy with one or no ovaries removed
  • 750 missing information on ER/PR status

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