STS Hospital-level stroke surveillance in Lilongwe, Malawi: providing tools for evaluating interventions in hypertension and stroke in sub-Saharan Africa Lilongwe

Malawi, 2015 - 2017

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Reference ID

DDI-MWI-LL-MEIRU-STS-2015-v01

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Professor Moffat Nyirenda, Professor Mia Crampin, Dr Alison Price, , , ,

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Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Arm circumference (muac)

Data file: stsl_stsf_parta

Overview

Valid: 168

Invalid: 1

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 370

End: 370

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Arm circumference [cm] If <24cm, use pediatric cuff , if 24-32cm use regular cuff and if 33-41cm use large cuff

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	<24cm	11	6.5%
2	24-32cm	136	81%
3	33-41cm	21	12.5%
9	Missing	1

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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