Thanks ever so much Pedro, Richard and Marcel. I was away and just returned.
I am sure your suggestions and insights will amply address my my question.
Regards,
Ali
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Dear Ali,
It seems to be a simple task. First, as far as I know the BMI is
calculated
as weight/(heigh*heigh). However this values should be in Kg and m. If you
have the data in pounds and feet, then youl should transform them before.
To
make it easier, create a variable in the qes file with this information.
qes file
v1 heigh in feet ##.#
v2 heigh in m #.##
v3 weight in pound ###.##
v4 weight in Kg ###.#
v5 bmi ##.##
chk file
v1
after entry
let v2 = round(v1*0,4536)
end
end
v2
noenter
end
v3
after entry
let v4=round(v3/3,28)
end
end
v4
noenter
end
v5
before entry
let v5=v4/(v2*v2)
goto v6
end
end
I hope this works fine for you because didnt test it! ;)
Succes,
Pedro Emmanuel Brasil
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Thanks.
I just recently started using Epidata, and I need some help on creating
a
Check string for automatically calculating BMI using Weight and Height
(in
pounds and feet/inches). Thanks, again.
--
Ali B. Mansaray
MANSA Consulting Services
6530 Davidson Road
Columbia, SC 29209
803-381-6864
ali.mansaray@gmail.com
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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:56:52 -0700 (PDT)
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I useful little trick I picked up for us crazy Americans who insist on
using inches and pounds: Calculate pounds/(height in inches)^2. Multiple
the result by 703.0814 (or however precise you want the result) and you
have BMI.
Richard Herrell
NIMH
epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: Dear Ali,
It seems to be a simple task. First, as far as I know the BMI is
calculated
as weight/(heigh*heigh). However this values should be in Kg and m. If you
have the data in pounds and feet, then youl should transform them before.
To
make it easier, create a variable in the qes file with this information.
qes file
v1 heigh in feet ##.#
v2 heigh in m #.##
v3 weight in pound ###.##
v4 weight in Kg ###.#
v5 bmi ##.##
chk file
v1
after entry
let v2 = round(v1*0,4536)
end
end
v2
noenter
end
v3
after entry
let v4=round(v3/3,28)
end
end
v4
noenter
end
v5
before entry
let v5=v4/(v2*v2)
goto v6
end
end
I hope this works fine for you because didnt test it! ;)
Succes,
Pedro Emmanuel Brasil
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Thanks.
I just recently started using Epidata, and I need some help on creating
a
Check string for automatically calculating BMI using Weight and Height
(in
pounds and feet/inches). Thanks, again.
--
Ali B. Mansaray
MANSA Consulting Services
6530 Davidson Road
Columbia, SC 29209
803-381-6864
ali.mansaray@gmail.com
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Have a look at the many available documentations on the web.
A similar thing (calculating age from date of birth) is included on page 6
of a very useful intro (A brief overview of EpiData software) to be found on
http://www.tbrieder.org/ (follow icon to "Revised EpiData course")
marcel
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Thanks.
I just recently started using Epidata, and I need some help on creating a
Check string for automatically calculating BMI using Weight and Height (in
pounds and feet/inches). Thanks, again.
--
Ali B. Mansaray
MANSA Consulting Services
6530 Davidson Road
Columbia, SC 29209
803-381-6864
ali.mansaray@gmail.com
EpiData-list@lists.umanitoba.ca
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