Data supporting "Profiles of inflammation in rural and urban Uganda"

Sanya, R and Webb, E. 2021. Data supporting "Profiles of inflammation in rural and urban Uganda". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002459.

Sanya, R and Webb, E. Data supporting "Profiles of inflammation in rural and urban Uganda" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002459.

Sanya, R and Webb, E (2021). Data supporting "Profiles of inflammation in rural and urban Uganda". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002459.

Description

Data collected as part of two cross-sectional surveys to investigate metabolic outcomes and markers of inflammation in urban and rural locations in Uganda. It contains information obtained from 313 participants (one row represents one participant). 48 variables are recorded, including data on inflammatory markers (cytokines and chemokines), location of residence (urban versus rural), metabolic parameters (including HOMA-IR, blood pressure, blood glucose) and socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods

Description of data capture

Participants completed questionnaires to collect socio-demographic information. Measurements including blood pressure and anthropometry were taken. Participants gave blood samples which were used to determine metabolic outcomes and levels of inflammatory markers.

Data capture method

Questionnaire, Lab observation, Physical measurements and tests

Data Collection Period

From	To
1 September 2016	30 November 2017

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

17 August 2021

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Sanya, R and Webb, E
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
LaVIISWA, Urban Survey	Wellcome Trust	095778	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
Lake Victoria island intervention study on worms and allergy-related diseases (LaVIISWA)	Wellcome Trust	095778	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
MUII-plus	DELTAS	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Additional Information

Date Deposited	17 Aug 2021 11:33
Last Modified	01 Dec 2021 17:23
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Data / Code

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Filename: Inflammation_data.csv

Description: Dataset containing information collected in two cross-sectional surveys that investigated metabolic outcomes and markers of inflammation in urban and rural locations in Uganda

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