All anthropometry data

This data file is all anthropometry measurements carried out in Karonga in any study. Each record can be linked to the rest of Karonga's database through the ident.

Users should be aware that some studies were looking only at specific subgroups, or ill people so whole dataset should not be used to draw conclusions about the general population: those marked in the list below can be considered population-representative (notwithstanding non-response issues).

source description type
ARK Kidney disease study selected
ART ART clinic selected
BFUP Baby follow-up population-representative
BIS Baby immunology study selected
CBR CRS birth registration population-representative
CPT selected
FHS Family health study selected
FIS Fertility intentions study selected
GAP Adolescent study population-representative
GP General form selected
IIS Immunology study selected
KDU Kidney disease study selected
NCD Non-communicable disease study population-representative
PHD Pre-diabetes/hypertension selected
SEI Socio-economic survey population-representative
STS Stroke/TIA study selected
TBH TB household study selected
TBI TB immunology study selected
TBO TB controls selected
TBS TB spouse study selected
TBX TB cases selected
TMT Transmission of TB study selected

In the variable labels (S) indicates that the variable is unchanged from the original source and (D) indicates that it is a 'derived' variable, often using more than one source variable. For both types information on where the data come from and how they are processed is found in the 'Recoding and Derivation' section