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Re: 'Percentage measured for blood pressure' - Namibia 2013 [message #19931 is a reply to message #19929] Thu, 03 September 2020 10:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Shireen-DHS is currently offline  Shireen-DHS
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Hello Alice,

Following the ranges described on p241 of the final report, please use the following Stata code to match Table 17.4.1.

Best,
Shireen


*** Stata code for Table 17.4.1 Namibia 2013 survey ****

gen bpmeasured=0 if inrange(hv105,34,65) & hs0!=.
replace bpmeasured=1 if sh333==1

gen wt=hv005/1000000


gen bplevels=0
replace bplevels=1 if sh335aa<120 & sh335ab<80
replace bplevels=2 if inrange(sh335aa,120,129) | inrange(sh335ab,80,84)
replace bplevels=3 if inrange(sh335aa,130,139) | inrange(sh335ab,85,89)
replace bplevels=4 if inrange(sh335aa,140,159) | inrange(sh335ab,90,99)
replace bplevels=5 if inrange(sh335aa,160,179) | inrange(sh335ab,100,109)
replace bplevels=6 if sh335aa>180 | sh335ab>110

replace bplevels =. if bpmeasured==0 | !inrange(sh335aa,30,300) | !inrange(sh335ab,0,160)
label define bplevels 1"optimal" 2"normal" 3"high normal" 4"mildly elevated" 5"moderately elevated" 6"severely elevated"
label values bplevels bplevels

*for women - Table 17.4.1
tab bplevels if hv104==2 [iw=wt]
 
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