Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos

Based on gender-specific cutoffs for weekly alcohol use provided by the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, this variable provides a risk level for developing an alcohol use disorder (craving, loss of control, physical dependence, tolerance, etc.)

Using the weekly alcohol use cutoffs from alcohol_use_disorder, this variable combines never users and former users into a group called 'no current use'. Definitions of 'low level use' and 'high level use' correspond to those of 'low risk drinker' and 'at-risk drinker' from alcohol_use_disorder.

This variable calculates the cigarette pack years as the number of exposure years multiplied by the average number of cigarettes smoked per day.

This variable groups cigaratte use into 3 categories

This variable calculates the cigarette years as the number of exposure years multiplied by the average number of cigarettes smoked per day.

This variable is an indicator to denote current smoker status using the variable cigarette_use.

This variable describes the awareness of diabetes. Defined only for self-reported diabetics.

This variable describes the awareness of diabetes. Defined only for self-reported diabetics.

This variable calculates the years a participant smoked cigarettes. This is calculated using the difference from the age the participant began smoking to either the participant's age at baseline examination or the age that the participant quit smoking (if applicable).

This variable assigns a value of 1 assigned to those with high total physical activity levels, a value of 2 to those with moderate total physical activity levels and a value of 3 to those with low total physical activity levels.

This variable that finds the average amount of time spent per week doing moderate physical activity.

This variable that finds the average amount of time spent per week doing any physical activity.

This variable that contains the level of physical activity per the 2008 PA guidelines.

This variable determines whether or not high or medium activity level has been met based on variable gpaq_pag2008 (all counts).

This variable finds the total time per day doing some form of recreational physical activity.

This variable calculates the average amount of time spent per day doing a moderate recreational physical activity.

This variable calculates the average amount of time spent per day doing a vigorous recreational physical activity.

This variable shows the average amount of time spent doing some form of physical activity in a week.

This variable calculates the total amount of time spent doing some form of physical activity in a week.

This variable finds the average amount of time spent per day doing moderate physical activity.

This variable finds the average amount of time spent per day doing vigorous physical activity.

This variable calculates the average amount of time spent per day walking or biking to and from a place.

This variable finds the average amount of time spent per week doing vigorous physical activity.

This variable finds the total time per day doing some form of work-related physical activity.

This variable calculates the average amount of time spent per day doing a moderate work-related physical activity.

This variable calculates the average amount of time spent per day doing a vigorous work-related physical activity.

This variable is defined by the self-report of doctor's diagnosis of hypertension for those who were defined as having hypertension using the NHANES definition only.

This variable determines the total alcohol intake as the numbers of drinks per week only for current drinkers.