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Re: BMI calculation of Bangladeshi women with WHO cut-off [message #17481 is a reply to message #17439] Thu, 28 March 2019 11:37 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is a response from Senior DHS Stata Specialist, Tom Pullum:

So far as DHS is concerned, you could use either standard, or both. If you want to make global comparisons, it would seem appropriate to use the WHO standard, but if you are only making comparisons among Asian countries, or within Bangladesh, you could use the Asian standard. This is not a technical question for DHS staff to answer and I hope other users will offer suggestions.
 
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