Praxis Data Lab · Variable History

Variable history and harmonization report.

Review variable definitions, cycle chronology, survey design, laboratory methods, method-change boundaries, detection limits, and evidence-backed harmonization actions.

1matching variable codes

12 release records across 12 datasets and 12 cycles.

Search scope

Results for “BMXWT”

Harmonization summary

1 label-stable codes

Label changes detected
0
Multiple dataset contexts
0
Unique codes
1
Enriched codes in this report
0

Scientific safeguard

Qualified assessment is authoritative; chronology remains supporting evidence.

Praxis separates source-stated method or instrument changes from automated differences in CDC/NCHS method text. The qualified harmonization assessment below is the researcher-facing conclusion; method chronology explains the underlying evidence and does not override that adjudication.

Variable-by-variable chronology

Qualified harmonization assessment and indexed evidence

Each variable first shows the current qualified assessment used by Study Builder, followed by cycle-specific source evidence and method chronology.

BMXWTCompatible

Weight (kg)

Observed years
19992023
Release records
12
Datasets
12
Components
Examination
Qualified Praxis harmonization assessment

Compatible · high confidence

CDC/NCHS documentation supports continuity of the core NHANES anthropometry protocol across Continuous NHANES. Indexed differences for body weight are limited to dataset context and documentation wording, not a confirmed measurement discontinuity.

Evidence provenance: CDC/NCHS source-confirmed evidence · Praxis deterministic adjudication

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Pool body weight across calibrated cycles without a method adjustment when no substantive variable-level change is present. Review weight comment codes, amputation handling, pregnancy considerations, and cycle-appropriate survey weights.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
Variable names / labels over time
  • Weight (kg)1999-2000 · 2001-2002 · 2003-2004 · 2005-2006 · 2007-2008 · 2009-2010 · 2011-2012 · 2013-2014 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020 · 2021-2023
Cycle-by-cycle release history