Type: object
Description: Attributes relating to a participant in any kind of medical study.

Properties

ancestry

• type:

Biological ancestry of the participant. Should be used as an array item to indicate mixed ancestry.

ancestry Value Examples

{
   "id" : "HANCESTRO_0552",
   "label" : "Aboriginal Australian"
}

{
   "id" : "HANCESTRO_0010",
   "label" : "African"
}

{
   "id" : "HANCESTRO_0016",
   "label" : "African American or Afro-Caribbean"
}

"Aboriginal Australian"

"African"

"Cree"

date_of_birth

• type: string

The participant’s date of birth, possibly truncated to preserve anonymity.

family_group_id

• type: string

Unique identifier for the family group that this participant belongs to. Only relevant if the study design includes family groupings.

family_group_id Value Examples

"FAM_123446"

"f8476"

"17ab6"

family_group_relation

• type: string

Relationship of this participant within the family group. Only makes sense together with a family_group_id.

family_group_relation Value Examples

"maternal grandparent"

"paternal grandparent"

"parent"

"child"

"grandchild"

"cousin"

geo_location

• type: https://schemablocks.org/schemas/ga4gh/v0.0.1/GeoLocation.json [LINK]

Participant’s geographical location during the study period. Can be used as an array item if participants move during the study.

id

• type: string

Uniquely identifies a participant or subject within a particular study.

id Value Examples

"1837603"

"sub18"

"S47.6"

sex

• type: string

Physical sex of the participant.

sex Value Examples

"female"

"male"

"other"