Clinic Exam Procedures


08/20/18


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  Clinical Exam
N = 3,401
Components Measurements N %
Physiological measures Resting Blood Pressure 3,396 99.9
Heart Rate 3,396 99.9
Anthropometric measures Height 3,398 99.9
Weight 3,397 99.9
BMI 3,397 99.9
Waist Circumference 3,394 99.8
Hip Circumference 3,392 99.7
Peripheral nervous system tests Trailmaking 3,395 99.8
Handgrip Strength 3,393 99.8
Visual Acuity 3,387 99.6
Virotactile Threshold Testing 3,384 99.5
Visual Contrast Sensitivity 3,383 99.5
Standing Steadiness 3,361 98.8
Single Leg Stance 3,316 97.5
Long Distance Corridor Walk (400m) 2,692 79.2
Neurobehavioral tests Finger Tapping 3,343 98.3
Simple Reaction Test 3,340 98.2
Symbol-digit 3,339 98.2
Digit Span 3,335 98.1
Match to Sample 3,330 97.9
Progressive Ratio 3,308 97.3
Continuous Performance Test 3,307 97.2
Specimen Collection Blood 3,351 98.5
Urine 3,375 99.2
Toenails 3,083 90.6
Hair 2,086 61.3
Saliva 861 25.3
eNO Exhaled Nitric Oxide 2,804 82.4
Pulmonary function testing Pre-bronchodilator Spirometry 3,143 92.4
Post-bronchodilator Spirometry 3,048 89.6

Clinic Exam Specimen Collection

  Clinical Exam
N = 3,401
Collection Materials Aliquot Size N1 %
Two red top tubes Blood Clot 7 mL 3,340 98.2
Serum 1 mL 3,347 98.4
Two lavender top tubes PCV 1 mL 3,334 98.0
Plasma 1 mL 3,334 98.0
Yellow top ACD tube Lymphocytes (subset) 1 mL 1,017 29.9
Cryopreserved whole blood 1 mL 3,327 97.8
Blue top EDTA tube Whole blood 5 mL 3,314 97.4
PAXgene mRNA tube Whole blood 10 mL 3,291 96.8
Random Urine Urine 2 mL, 7 mL 3,375 99.2
Tonails Toenails N/A 3,083 90.6
Hair Hair N/A 2,082 61.2
Saliva swab (Home Collection Kit)2 Saliva 0.5 mL 751 22.1

1Number of participants with aliquots.
2Only collected at one site from a subset of participants.

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