Description
For respondents who had ever been told that they have high cholesterol (CHOLHIGHEV), CHOLHIGHAGE reports how old the person was when high cholesterol was first diagnosed.
Related Variables
CHOLHIGHAGE is one of a series of variables reporting age at first diagnosis of specific chronic conditions. Other variables in the series report age at diagnosis of the following conditions:
- high blood pressure/hypertension (HYPERTENAGE)
- coronary heart disease (CHEARTDIAGE)
- angina (ANGIPECAGE)
- heart attack (HEARTATTAGE)
- other heart disease (HEARTCONAGE)
- emphysema (EMPHYSEMAGE)
- arthritis (ARTHGLUPAGE)
- asthma (ASTHMAAGE)
- adhd/add (ADDAGE)
Codes
This is a 2-digit numeric variable.
Universe
- 2007-2021: Persons who were diagnosed with high cholesterol.
Availability
- 2007-2021
Weights
- 2007-2021 : PERWEIGHT
