General Instructions.
These are all Microsoft Excel document downloads.
Our preferred submission form is with Microsoft Excel but almost any spreadsheet program will work. An ASCHI file with delimited columns (ie. columns are separated by either one space, one tab, or a comma) would also be acceptable. The columns must be in the correct order (reading from left to right).
If you have problems downloading or opening your file let us know and we will fax you a copy of the spreadsheet. You will need to recreate the headers to correspond with the original Excel file.
Anthropology Component
The Anthropology Demographic and Background Data Entry Form
has two sections used to enter Background data for Anthropology Component Populations. The data entered in these two sections, the Population Background Data (blue), and the Subject Background Data (green), are required.Additional Family Background data on the subject's ancestors may also be entered (optional). Enter these data as separate entries for each individual in the Subject Background Data (green) section.
The Read Me
document explains the fields listed in this form and describes the structure and use of the unique ID codes referred to in the two sections.Laboratories participating in the Anthropology Component can now submit "available" data generated using alternative (non-13th IHWG) typing methods for analysis by the Biostatistics Core and subsequent inclusion in the central database. The database will be able to accommodate data generated as part of the 13th IHW (using IHWG reagents), as well as other available data generated using non-IHWG methods.
Toward this end, Anthropology Component participants are encouraged to download the data template (for alternative typing methods) for their use. The data template is an excel file that presents all of the required datafields in an organized, easy-to-fill-in fashion. The first worksheet of this excel file documents the required data format for this template. In addition, a sample data file (see below) provides an example of a properly filled-in data template.
