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. 2014 Jan 10;15:18. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-18

Table 1.

Data element example

Data element concept Example Consensus definition Link
Findings/Weight 80 kg The weight of a subject. http://ncim.nci.nih.gov/ncimbrowser/pages/concept_details.jsf?dictionary=NCI%20MetaThesaurus&code=C0005910

Example for the definition of data elements. Data element concepts consist of a data group and data item part. The elements also contain an example, a definition and a link to the NCI Metathesaurus referencing its UMLS concept.