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Laboratory Analytes and Repository Plan - Health ABC
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Examination 1 N=3212
1
Examination 2 N=2734
1
Examination 3 N=2734
1
Examination 4 N=2850
Examination 5 N=2800
Examination 6 N=2800
Examination 7 N=2800
Stored specimens:
1 extracted DNA, microtiter plates
cells for later transformation
19 aliquots serum
2
10 aliquots serum
4 serum
4 serum
10 serum
12 aliquots EDTA plasma
3
10 aliquots EDTA
4 citrated
7 plasma
10 plasma
4 aliquots citrated plasma
5
plasma
plasma*
3 aliquots urine
4
4 aliquots citrated plasma 1 Vitamin C aliquot 4 urine aliquots
Cells for later transformation* platelets*
Platelets frozen from citrated plasma for mitochondrial DNA
*plasma & platelets only collected from those who had cells collected in Year 3 (plasma sent to LCBR for pilot studies)
Total specimens for storage in each examination:
139,087
94,238
12,101
12,000
11,400
1
N includes 5% blind duplicates
2
Aliquots = 13 aliquots 0.5 ml, 6 aliquots 1 ml.
3
Aliquots = 8 aliquots 0.5 ml, 4 aliquots 1 ml.
4
Aliquots = 2 ml, 1 acidified, 2 not.
5
Aliquots = 0.5 ml
Analytes Obtained:
Examination 1
Examination 2
Examination 3
Examination 4
Examination 5
Examination 6
Examination 7
Fasting glucose, insulin, two-hour (after glucola); glycated hemoglobin
Fasting glucose TSH, Free T-4*
Non-fasting, CBC Arterialized venous pH
Fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin
Fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides
Total cholesterol, HDL- and LDL- cholesterol, triglycerides, creatinine
Total cholesterol
Albumin, alkaline phosphatase
* in those with TSH alert
Analytes added:
Examination 1
Examination 2
Examination 3
Examination 4
Examination 5
Examination 6
Examination 7
Serum IL-6, TNF-a, CRP, leptin, PAI-1, Oxidized LDL
Analytes proposed:
Examination 1
Examination 2
Examination 3
Examination 4
Examination 5
Examination 6
Examination 7
Selected polymorphisms: ACE, IL-6, TNF-a, PPAR-8, RxR, HSP70-2, PAI-1 Selected musculoskeletal genes
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