SCAPIS: Sex Differences in Iron Stores and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in 1,272 Swedes

Wei Li's dataset contains biomarker and health data for 1,272 participants (640 men, 632 women) from the Swedish CArdiopulmonary Bioimage Study (SCAPIS). It includes iron-related biomarkers like ferritin and total body iron, analyzed in relation to cardiovascular risk factors such as BMI, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyze sex-specific associations between iron biomarkers and cardiovascular risk factors based on the described variables.
• Investigate the relationship between hyperferritinemia and metabolic syndrome prevalence in men and women.
• Model the influence of factors like BMI, alcohol consumption, and lipid profiles on ferritin levels.
• Compare cardiovascular risk profiles, including hypertension and hyperlipidemia, between premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Strengths

• Includes data from 1,272 participants, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Contains sex-stratified results for 640 men and 632 women, enabling comparative studies.
• Links multiple iron biomarkers (ferritin, hemoglobin, soluble transferrin receptor) to a range of cardiovascular risk factors.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Swedish SCAPIS cohort.

Provenance

Source

Swedish CArdiopulmonary Bioimage Study (SCAPIS)

Collection Method

Random selection of participants from the SCAPIS cohort.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 04:26:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sweden