arq {BART}

NHANES 2009-2010 Arthritis Questionnaire

Description

This data set was created from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2010 Arthritis Questionnaire.

Usage

data(arq)

Details

We have two outcomes of interest. Chronic neck pain: Yes arq010a=1 vs.\ No arq010a=0. Chronic lower-back/buttock pain: Yes arq010de=1 vs.\ No arq010de=0. seqn is a unique survey respondent identifier. wtint2yr is the survey sampling weight. riagendr is gender: 1 for males, 2 for females. ridageyr is age in years. There are several anthropometric measurements: bmxwt, weight in kg; bmxht, height in cm; bmxbmi, body mass index in kg/m^2; and bmxwaist, waist circumference in cm. The data was subsetted to ensure non-missing values of these variables.

References

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2010 Arthritis Questionnaire. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/2009-2010/ARQ_F.htm