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Data dictionary for CATHGEN study

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2020-05-26
These data contain health and demographic information from cardiac catheterization patients at Duke University, as well as estimated PM2.5 exposure from Harvard University and data from the US Census Bureau. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: EPA cannot release personally identifiable information regarding living individuals, according to the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This dataset contains information about human research subjects. Because there is potential to identify individual participants and disclose personal information, either alone or in combination with other datasets, individual level data are not appropriate to post for public access. Restricted access may be granted to authorized persons by contacting the party listed. It can be accessed through the following means: These data can be requested from the CATHGEN steering committee at Duke University. Format: Data are stored as SAS files on secured EPA drives. This dataset is associated with the following publications: Weaver, A., L. McGuinn, L. Neas, R. Devlin, R. Dhingra, C. Ward-Caviness, W. Cascio, W. Kraus, E. Hauser, and D. Diaz-Sanchez. Associations between neighborhood socioeconomic cluster and hypertension, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and coronary artery disease within a cohort of cardiac catheterization patients. American Heart Journal. Mosby Year Book Incorporated, Orlando, FL, USA, 243: 201-209, (2022). Slawsky, E., A. Weaver, C. Ward-Caviness, L. Neas, R. Devlin, W. Cascio, A. Russell, R. Huang, W. Kraus, E. Hauser, and D. Diaz-Sanchez. Evaluation of PM2.5 Air Pollution Sources and Cardiovascular Health. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 2020: 1, (2020).

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