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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: Pac Symp Biocomput. 2013:147–158.

Table 2.

The PhenX measures used for this study

PhenX Measure Survey Question
PX030301 Alcohol 30Day Frequency During the past 30 days, on how many days did you drink one or more drinks of an alcoholic beverage?
PX030301 Alcohol 30Day Quantity During the past 30 days, how many drinks did you usually have each day?

PX030602 Cigarette Smoking 100 Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?
PX030602 Cigarette Smoking Current Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?
PX030602 Cigarette Smoking Everyday 6Month Have you EVER smoked cigarettes EVERY DAY for at least 6 months?
PX030802 Everyday Smoker Quantity 1Day On the average, about how many cigarettes do you now smoke each day?
PX030802 Someday Smoker Days 1Month On how many of the past 30 days did you smoke cigarettes?
PX030802 Someday Smoker Quantity 1Day On the average, on those days, how many cigarettes did you usually smoke each day?
PX030802 Former Smoker Smoking 6Month Have you EVER smoked cigarettes EVERY DAY for at least 6 months?
PX030802 Former Smoker Quantity 1DayA When you last smoked every day, on average how many cigarettes did you smoke each day?
PX030802 Former Smoker Quantity 1DayB When you last smoked fairly regularly, on average how many cigarettes did you smoke each day?

PX061301 Weekend Sun Hours Last Decade On a typical weekend day in the summer, about how many hours did you generally spend in the mid-day sun in the past ten years?