│ HECHOL

│ Has any doctor talked to you about how to lower your cholesterol? This would include

│ changing your diet, losing weight, getting more exercise, or taking medication.

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

│ [Responses are recoded in hechol2]

│

│ IF whether advised how to lower cholesterol = yes [Hechol = 1]

││

││ HECHOLA

││ Have you done any of these things to lower your cholesterol?

││ 1 Yes

││ 2 No

││

││ [Responses are recoded in hechoa2]

││

│END OF FILTER

│

END OF FILTER

IF (CVD conditions = diabetes or a stroke, orIf (feedforward CVD conditions = diabetes and

dispute diabetes diagnosis <> misdiagnosed <> never) orIf (feedforward CVD conditions =

stroke and dispute stroke diagnosis <> misdiagnosed <> never)

[IF ((CVD7 IN QHE3.Qre[pnum].HeDiaa) OR (CVD8 IN QHE3.Qre[pnum].HeDiaa))

OR ((CVD7 IN IFFW[PNum].HeDiaa) AND (QHE3.Qre[pnum].QHeDiaa[7].HeDiaN <> Never)

AND (QHE3.Qre[pnum].QHeDiaa[7].HeDiaN <> MisDiag))

OR ((CVD8 IN IFFW[PNum].HeDiaa) AND (QHE3.Qre[pnum].QHeDiaa[8].HeDiaN <> Never)

AND (QHE3.Qre[pnum].QHeDiaa[8].HeDiaN <> MisDiag))

AND (Hehrtb = EMPTY) AND (QHE3.Qre[pnum].HEhrtb = EMPTY)]

│

│ HeHrtMd

│ ^[Are you / is name] currently taking any medication to thin the blood such as Warfarin, Plavix,

│ Ticlid, or other blood-thinning medication?

│ INTERVIEWER: Please include aspirin if it is taken as a medication to thin the blood.

│ 1 Yes

│ 2 No

│

END OF FILTER

If ever had severe front of chest pain 30 mins = yes [HeAnk = 1]

│

│ HeRosMd

│ ^[Do you/Does name] take medication to control ^[your/his/her] chest pain?

│ INTERVIEWER: Do not include medications taken for indigestion.

│1 Yes

│2 No

│

END OF FILTER