| Blood Pressure and Glucose Variables - India [message #29168] |
Thu, 02 May 2024 18:05  |
krittika03
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Registered: March 2024
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Hi, I am wondering about which variable will be appropriate to use for using high blood pressure and high glucose as health outcome of individual? I am working with NHFS 5 India dataset. One of the variable asks for (sb20 on IR file) 'high BP on two or more occasions by doctors' and one is just (s728b) "currently has hypertension". Since the numbers are differently reported and don't match, to use it as a population's health outcome, which variable will give more justified results? Same for diabetes/glucose level. Thank you!
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| Re: Blood Pressure and Glucose Variables - India [message #29175 is a reply to message #29168] |
Fri, 03 May 2024 09:23  |
Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013
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Following is a response from Senior DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:
Have you looked at the final report on the NFHS-5 (https://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR375/FR375.pdf)? Chapter 12 includes tables on blood pressure levels and blood glucose levels. These measurements and the questions you refer to are not equivalent to medical diagnoses of hypertension or diabetes for individuals but they can suggest differences across sub-populations. As you say, sb20 and s728b, for example, do not correspond closely, and they do not correspond strongly with the blood pressure measurements taken as art of the household survey.
Please check the final report and the public health literature on the potential uses of data on non-communicable diseases.
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