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Vitamin D3 data in India DHS 2019-21 [message #30197]

Sun, 13 October 2024 13:32

MRedwanul
Messages: 8
Registered: December 2020

Member

Hello,

I was wondering whether vitamin D3 and HbA1c data are available from the India DHS 2019-21. I am asking because the Survey Characteristics search gives the impression that these data are available (for instance: https://dhsprogram.com/methodology/survey-search.cfm?sendsea rch=1&YrFrom=1985&YrTo=2029&selmodules=97&cr t=1&listgrp=0).

Many thanks!

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Re: Vitamin D3 data in India DHS 2019-21 [message #30222 is a reply to message #30197]

Thu, 17 October 2024 09:51

Janet-DHS
Messages: 891
Registered: April 2022

Senior Member

Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

For NFHS-5 in India, blood spots were collected from a subsample of NFHS-5 respondents on filter paper cards for Vitamin D3, HbA1c, and malaria parasites. The blood on those filter paper cards was dried and sent for analysis to two separate laboratories (in Pune and Delhi) that are part of the Indian Council on Medical Research (ICMR). The results of those tests were not provided to IIPS and the data were not made available to IIPS. We have not seen any of the results in published form either. Those results are not available in the NFHS-5 datasets.

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