NHANES data on demographics, anthropometrics, and some laboratory measures, cleaned and combined into a single data set.
nhanes_mec_svyA survey.design2 object, including masked cluster and strata.
Variables are available as a data.table by nhanes_mec_svy$variables.
Variables are as described in NHANES Demographics and Examination
documentation, with the exception of:
wtmec6yr6-year sample weights for combining 3 cycles, computed by dividing 2-year sample weights by 3.
bmxhtlenavgAverage of height and recumbent length if both were measured; if only one was measured, takes value of the one that was measured.
logbmxwtNatural log of measured body weight.
logbmxhtlenavgNatural log of bmxhtlenavg.
weight_classOne of Underweight, Normal, Overweight, or Obese.
Assigned using methods in get_weight_class.