MDC 5-year Pharmacological agents - Drug based
2017-04-18
Contents
Intake of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs (with brand, atc code and starting year). The data file contains one drug per line, an individual may have multiple lines.
Lines: 39 572 records of 14 496 individuals
Variables: 6
Selection
All individuals who had participated in the MDC baseline screening, who were alive and not emigrated got the questionnaire about five years after the baseline screening.
Source
Data have been derived from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study follow-up questionnaire (questions 43 and 44) filled in by the individuals during the period 1997-01-27 - 2001-08-13.
List of variables
Name | Variable label | Type | Format | Value label | Male | Female |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
lopnr | Sequence number for baseline examination in the MDC cohort (Numeric) | Numeric | F5 | 13 419 | 26 153 | |
udatum_5yr | Questioning date at 5-year rescreening. Remarks: A variable with the name "udatum" already exists in MDC baseline, as a consequence the variable in the 5- year rescreening has got the suffix "_5yr". | Date | SDATE10 | 13 419 | 26 153 | |
namn_drug5 | Brand name of the drug. | String | A50 | 13 419 | 26 153 | |
atc_kod | ATC code of the pharmacological agent. | String | A8 | 13 419 | 26 153 | |
ar_drug5 | Year when the medication was initiated | Numeric | F4 | 11 584 | 21 298 | |
recept | Drug prescribed by physician | Numeric | F1 | 0 = No 1 = Yes | 13 419 | 26 153 |