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Finding Variables Represented in a Specific Study.
How do I find out if the Framingham SHARe data includes alcohol use and smoking as variables?
You can query the dbGaP system directly to see a short list of the variables in which you are interested. Below are the steps for an example query to get you started:
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Go to the NEI Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) , and type “smoking” (do not use quotation marks) into the “Search Within This Study” box, located on the right side of the page, and press “go”.
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The results of this search is shown under a series of tabs labeled “Studies”, “Variables”, “Study Documents”, and “Analyses”. The number shown in parentheses next to the tab label is the number of items matching your query.
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You can use the AND, OR, and NOT operators to make more complex queries to the system (e.g. smoking AND alcohol). (08/14/08)
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