IF ((type of chronic condition at last interview = asthma) AND (whether confirms previous chronic  
condition = yes)) OR (type of chronic condition = asthma)  
[((HeDiab (Last int) = 2) AND (HeDiaD = 1)) OR (HeDiab = 2)]  
HEAMA*  
[^Are you / Is [^name]] taking medication or other treatment for [^your /his /her] asthma?  
1 Yes  
2 No  
IF (disputes chronic lung disease = no longer has) OR (still has chronic lung disease = no)  
[(HediaM = 2) OR (HedidS = 2)]  
││  
││ HEAMB  
││ Can I just check, ^[are/is] ^[you/name] taking medication which prevents ^[him/her] from  
││ getting asthma any more?  
││ 1 Yes  
││ 2 No  
││  
END OF FILTER  
END OF FILTER  
IF type of chronic condition = arthritis [HeDiab = 3]  
HEART@*  
May I check, which type or types of arthritis [^do you / does [^name]] have...  
INTERVIEWER: Read out each in turn and code all that apply....  
1 Osteoarthritis?  
2 Rheumatoid arthritis?  
3 Some other kind of arthritis?  
[Multiple responses to HEART are recoded in variables HEARTOA HEARTRA HEARTOT]  
[code maximum 3 out of 3 possible responses]  
IF ((type of chronic condition at Last interview <> RESPONSE) AND (type of chronic condition  
= arthritis)) OR ((type of chronic condition at last interview = arthritis) AND (whether confirms  
previous chronic condition = yes) AND (age first told had arthritis at last interview<>  
RESPONSE))  
[((HeDiab (Last int) <> RESPONSE) AND (HeDiab = 3)) OR ((HeDiab (Last int) = 3) AND  
(HeDiaD = 1) AND (HeAgf (Last int) <> RESPONSE))]  
││  
││ HEAGF*  
││ Approximately how old [^were you / was [^name]] when [^you were /he was /she was] first  
││ told by a doctor that [^you /he /she] had arthritis?  
││ INTERVIEWER: Enter age in years.  
││ Range: 0..110  
││  
││ [CHECK HE36]  
││  
ELSE  
││  
││ IF ((type of chronic condition = arthritis) AND (type of chronic condition = RESPONSE))  
││ AND NOT (type of chronic condition at Last interview = arthritis)  
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