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Re: Overweight and Obesity [message #12092 is a reply to message #12074] Tue, 28 March 2017 14:04 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Trevor-DHS is currently offline  Trevor-DHS
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We do not have SAS code for this, but you can recode the variables fairly simply. Note that you have to select the files that you wish to analyze and there are two options: the PR file which is usually used for analysis of the anthropometric data in DHS reports, or the KR file which is restricted to children of women interviewed, and thus excludes orphans and foster children, but includes other characteristics collected during the interview wit the mother.

Stunting: HC70 (in the PR file) or HW70 (in the KR file) < -200 (this means less than -2 SD from the mean)
Wasting: HC71/HW71 < -200
Underweight: HC72/HW72 < -200
Overweight (based on weight for height) HC71/HW71 > 200 and HC71/HW71 < 9000
Overweight (based on weight for age) HC72/HW72 > 200 and HC72/HW72 < 9000
 
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