nhanesCodebook: Display codebook for selected variable.

View source: R/nhanes_codebook.R

nhanesCodebookR Documentation

Display codebook for selected variable.

Description

Returns full NHANES codebook including Variable Name, SAS Label, English Text, Target, and Value distribution.

Usage

nhanesCodebook(nh_table, colname, dxa = FALSE)

Arguments

nh_table

The name of the NHANES table that contains the desired variable.

colname

The name of the table column (variable).

dxa

If TRUE then the 2005-2006 DXA codebook will be used (default=FALSE).

Details

Each NHANES variable has a codebook that provides a basic description as well as the distribution or range of values. This function returns the full codebook information for the selected variable.

Value

The codebook is returned as a list object. Returns NULL upon error.

Examples

nhanesCodebook('AUX_D', 'AUQ020D')
nhanesCodebook('BPX_J', 'BPACSZ')

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