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All anthropometry data

Malawi
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MWI-MEIRU-All-anthro-data-2020-v1
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Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit
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Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets
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Created on
Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 19, 2025
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Data file: all_anthro_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

Cases: 152783
Variables: 21

Variables

examdate
date of measurement (S)
ident
unique identifier (S)
weight
weight in kg (D)
height
height in cm (D)
waisc
waist circumference in cm (D)
hipcu
hip circumference in cm (D)
muac
mid-upper arm circumference in cm (D)
source
source of data (D)
bthweight
birthweight (S)
bthwt_date
date of birthweight (S)
headc
head circumference (S)
sex
sex (S)
birth_date
birth date (D)
age_y
age in years (D)
age_m
age in months (D)
wfh
weight for height (D)
malnut
whether malnourished (D)
agegp
group age variable (D)
examyear
year of examination (D)
lastincrs
last date seen in CRS (D)
crs
whether CRS member (D)
Total: 21
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