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BMI and Obesity Categories Waves 1 to 4

Posted by Trzesniewski, Kali at December 18. 2012

**Please email corrections or edits to Kali Trzesniewski (ktrz@ucdavis.edu)**

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=H2WS16W H2WS16HF H2WS16HI H2GH52I H2WS16W h3wgt h4gh6
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX.

RECODE h4gh6 H3WGT H2WS16W h1gh60 (350 thru Highest=SYSMIS) (Lowest thru 49 = SYSMIS).
EXECUTE.

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=h4gh6 H3WGT H2WS16W h1gh60
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX.

RECODE h1gh59b H2WS16HI H3HGT_I h4gh5i (12 thru Highest=SYSMIS) .
EXECUTE.

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=h1gh59b H2WS16HI H3HGT_I h4gh5i
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX.

RECODE h1gh59a H2WS16HF H3HGT_F h4gh5f (8 thru Highest=SYSMIS) (Lowest thru 3 =SYSMIS).
EXECUTE.

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=h1gh59a H2WS16HF H3HGT_F h4gh5f
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX.

COMPUTE w1inches=(h1gh59a*12)+h1gh59b.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w2inches=(H2WS16HF*12)+H2WS16HI.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w3inches=(H3HGT_F*12)+H3HGT_I.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w4inches=(h4gh5f*12)+h4gh5i.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w1bmi=((h1gh60)/(w1inches*w1inches))*703.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w2bmi=((H2WS16W)/(w2inches*w2inches))*703.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w3bmi=((H3WGT)/(w3inches*w3inches))*703.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE w4bmi=((h4gh6)/(w4inches*w4inches))*703.
EXECUTE.

DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=w1bmi w2bmi w3bmi w4bmi
/STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX.

RECODE w1bmi w2bmi w3bmi w4bmi (SYSMIS=SYSMIS) (29.99 thru Highest=1) (ELSE=0) INTO w1obese w2obese w3obese w4obese.
EXECUTE.

IF (w1bmi <18.6) w1weightcat=0.
IF (w1bmi>18.5 and w1bmi<25) w1weightcat=1.
IF (w1bmi>24.99 and w1bmi<30) w1weightcat=2.
IF (w1bmi>30) w1weightcat=3.
EXECUTE.

IF (w2bmi <18.6) w2weightcat=0.
IF (w2bmi>18.5 and w2bmi<25) w2weightcat=1.
IF (w2bmi>24.99 and w2bmi<30) w2weightcat=2.
IF (w2bmi>29.99) w2weightcat=3.
EXECUTE.

IF (w3bmi <18.6) w3weightcat=0.
IF (w3bmi>18.5 and w3bmi<25) w3weightcat=1.
IF (w3bmi>24.99 and w3bmi<30) w3weightcat=2.
IF (w3bmi>29.99) w3weightcat=3.
EXECUTE.

IF (w4bmi <18.6) w4weightcat=0.
IF (w4bmi>18.5 and w4bmi<25) w4weightcat=1.
IF (w4bmi>24.99 and w4bmi<30) w4weightcat=2.
IF (w4bmi>29.99) w4weightcat=3.
EXECUTE.

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