Cardiovascular disease (CVD) personal history

This function determines a respondent's cardiovascular disease (CVD) personal history based on the presence or absence of specific conditions related to heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.

Usage

determine_CVD_personal_history(CCC_61, CCC_63, CCC_81)

Arguments

CCC_61

An integer representing the respondent's personal history of heart disease. 1 for "Yes" if the person has heart disease, 2 for "No" if the person does not have heart disease.

CCC_63

An integer representing the respondent's personal history of heart attack. 1 for "Yes" if the person had a heart attack, 2 for "No" if the person did not have a heart attack.

CCC_81

An integer representing the respondent's personal history of stroke. 1 for "Yes" if the person had a stroke, 2 for "No" if the person did not have a stroke.

Value

An integer indicating the CVD personal history: 1 for "Yes" if the person had heart disease, heart attack, or stroke; 2 for "No" if the person had neither of the conditions; and NA if all the input variables are a non-response.

Examples

# Determine CVD personal history for a person with heart disease (CCC_61 = 1).
determine_CVD_personal_history(CCC_61 = 1, CCC_63 = 2, CCC_81 = 2)
#> [1] 1
# Output: 1 (CVD personal history is "Yes" as heart disease is present).