All anthropometry data

Malawi

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-All-anthro-data-2020-v1

Producer(s)

Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit

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Karonga HDSS Combined / Harmonized Datasets

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Nov 14, 2025

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whether malnourished (D) (malnut)

Data file: all_anthro_data

Overview

Valid: 122579

Invalid: 30204

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 115

End: 115

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

whether malnourished: for children weight for height less that 2 standard deviations below WHO standard for age in months and for adults (18+) BMI<18.5

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: wfh (table[s]: derived)
variable: SD2neg (table[s]: who_bmi_z_scores_month)
WHO standards for weight for height in children by month of age are used to assess malnutrition in children
merge m:1 age_m sex using ${nutdata}\who_bmi_z_scores_month, keep(master match)
gen malnut=0 if wfh~=.
replace malnut=1 if wfh<SD2neg & wfh~=. & SD2neg~=.
replace malnut=1 if wfh<18.5 & age_y>=18

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