Guide to Using the Public Database

When downloading publically available CALERIETM data, please acknowledge the current funding supporting this site’s infrastructure and the ongoing CALERIE Network (R33 AG070455). Also, please consider reaching out to original CALERIETM Phase 2 investigators for any questions and clarifications about the original study design and data acquisition that may impact your analyses; email CALERIE@duke.edu for more information.

Sincerely,

Clifford J Rosen MD
Professor of Medicine-Tufts University School of Medicine
Senior Scientist- Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Associate Editor- New England Journal of Medicine

 

The Guide to Using the Public Database document describes the contents of the database download files, how to install them and data usage notes.

1. Contents of the SAS Database zip file
2. Installing SAS transport files
3. Contents of the ASCII Database zip file
4. Opening ASCII files
5. Raw datasets
6. Analysis datasets
7. Data Usage notes
8. Table of major data domains

Download the Guide here.

Data Repository Contents

This section consists of the technical documents describing, in detail, the public use dataset.  It is most often useful in creating an analysis data set.   The data described within is optimal for building a Person-Time data set – one observation per each visit a subject provided information.  

Documents included in this section, each of which will open in a new window:

Data Handling Rules

Information in this section translates how raw data are converted to the databased items and outlines data cleaning procedures established by the CALERIE Committee. They contain the ‘rules’ for derivations of variables, defining/coding variables, range limits, and allocation to refusal and missing values.  These are of most use for the majority of Network Investigators when the precise definition of variables is required.

Documents included in this section, each of which will open in a new window:

 

CALERIETM Phase 2 Study Forms

This section contains all the Case Control Report Forms, Non-Case Control Report Forms, Visit Forms, Data Dictionary, and Miscellaneous Forms.

The CALERIE2 Annotated Forms map the data headings in the database to individual items in the data collection forms.  These will be useful when a researcher wants to determine exactly how variables were collected and mapped into the database.

Forms for data that were collected electronically

Data Dictionary for the dataset.

Visit Forms

CR Group CRF Follow-up

 Control Group CRF Follow-up

MISCELLANEOUS FORMS

 Surveillance Forms

  Discontinuation Forms

 Safety/Protocol Deviation

 Miscellaneous Forms

 

Table of Available Measures

Documentation of Analysis Datasets for Public Use Database

Psychological:

BioMarkers:

Physiological:

Other Questionnaires:

Measures of Caloric Restriction: