REGARDS: Baseline Participant Characteristics at Enrollment

Baseline characteristics of participants at the time of their enrollment in the REGARDS study. The dataset is a 5.5 KB Excel file authored by Lauren Shingler and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess participant demographics at study entry based on the baseline characteristics mentioned in the description
• Conduct cohort balancing or stratification for analysis based on enrollment characteristics
• Perform exploratory data analysis on the initial health status of REGARDS participants

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0), permitting reuse and modification.
• File size is small (5.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Lauren Shingler via figshare

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the REGARDS study enrollment process.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:55:09; freshness should be verified.