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Preterm birth [message #30838] Mon, 24 March 2025 17:49 Go to next message
Charif is currently offline  Charif
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Hello!

I was wondering whether i could use the varibale V233 in the birth recode to track preterm births? Say i consider preterm birth if V233=7 0r 8

Thanks
Re: Preterm birth [message #31596 is a reply to message #30838] Tue, 18 November 2025 04:29 Go to previous message
mysteriousw is currently offline  mysteriousw
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The $V233$ variable is often too crude and prone to overlap and misreporting, failing to accurately track the 37-week preterm birth threshold.

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