All Bioimpedance and Hand-grip Data (Karonga and Lilongwe combined data)

Malawi, 2016 - 2019

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MWI-MEIRU-bioimp-handgrip-combined-v01

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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Nov 18, 2025

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Source of data (coded) (D) (study)

Data file: bioimp_handgrip_combined

Overview

Valid: 3427

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 18

End: 18

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	ARK	1024	29.9%
2	GAP	897	26.2%
3	KDU	1145	33.4%
4	NUT	101	2.9%
5	PHD	260	7.6%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Source of data (coded)

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

gen study=1 if source=="ARK"
replace study=2 if source=="GAP"
replace study=3 if source=="KDU"
replace study=4 if source=="NUT"
replace study=5 if source=="PHD"
la def study 1 "ARK" 2 "GAP" 3 "KDU" 4 "NUT" 5 "PHD"
la val study study

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