IF (age >= 65) [AgeOf >= 65]  
HEBPCHK  
In the past year, has any doctor or nurse checked your blood pressure?  
1 Yes  
2 No  
END OF FILTER  
IF (type of CVD condition at Last interview = RESPONSE) AND NOT (type of CVD condition at  
Last interview = none) [(HeDiaa (Last int) = RESPONSE) AND NOT (HeDiaa (Last int) = 96)]  
LOOP FOR EACH CVD CONDITION AT LAST INTERVIEW  
││  
││ HEDIAC*@  
││ INTERVIEWER: Please check the following sentence before reading out loud.  
││ [^BLANK / Our records show that when we last interviewed [^you / [^name]] on [^date of last  
││ interview] [^you / he / she] said that [^you / he / she] had had (or had been told by a doctor  
││ [^you / he / she] had had) / Our records also show that when we last interviewed [^you /  
││ [^name]] on [^date of last interview] [^you / he / she] said that [^you / he / she] had had (or  
││ had been told by a doctor [^you / he / she] had had)] [^high blood pressure or hypertension /  
││ angina / a heart attack (including myocardial infarction / or coronary thrombosis) /  
││ congestive heart failure / a heart murmur / an abnormal heart rhythm / diabetes or high  
││ blood sugar / a stroke (cerebral vascular disease)].  
││ INTERVIEWER: Code 1 below unless respondent spontaneously disputes this record.  
││ 1 Yes  
││ 2 No  
││ 3 Not read out as didn't make sense  
││ [There is a separate variable for responses about each CVD condition. Responses are  
││ recoded in: hedacbp hedacan hedacmi hedachf hedachm hedacar hedacdi hedacst  
││ hedacch, hedacot]  
││  
││ IF whether confirms previous CVD condition = no [HeDiaC = 2]  
│││  
│││ HEDIAN@*  
│││ INTERVIEWER: Code reason why respondent disputes having had [^high blood pressure  
│││ or hypertension / angina / a heart attack (including myocardial infarction / or coronary  
│││ thrombosis) / congestive heart failure / a heart murmur / an abnormal heart rhythm /  
│││ diabetes or high blood sugar / a stroke (cerebral vascular disease)]. Respondent says...  
│││ 1 Never had  
│││ 2 No longer has  
│││ 3 Did not have previously, but has now  
│││ 4 Misdiagnosed  
│││ [There is a separate variable for responses about each of the type of illness]  
│││ [Responses are recoded in hedanbp, hedanan, hedanmi, hedanhf, hedanhm,  
│││ hedanar, hedandi, hedanst, hedanch, hedanot]  
│││  
│││ If disputed condition = no longer has [Hedian = 2]  
││││  
││││ HeDia @  
││││ INTERVIEWER: Did respondent have this condition at the time of the last interview?  
││││ If yes, go to HeDiaC and code 1.  
││││ 1 Yes  
││││ 2 No  
││││ [Multiple responses to HEDIA are recoded in variables hediabp, hediaan, hediami,  
││││ hediahf, hediahm, hediaar, hediadi, hediast, hediach, hedia95, hedia96]