Table B-1.

Health-Related Risk Factors and Other Variables, Variable Names, and Question Wording from the 2017 Wave of the PSID

Risk Factor/Variable	PSID Variable	Question Wording
Age	ER34504	What is your current age?
Gender	ER32000	What is your gender?
Past Hospitalization	ER68511, ER69638	Were you a patient in a hospital overnight or longer at any time during 2016?
Lung Disease	ER68454, ER69581	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had chronic lung disease such as bronchitis or emphysema?
Asthma	ER68449, ER69576	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had asthma?
Severe Obesity	ER68568, ER68569, ER69695, ER69696, ER68566, ER68567	Constructed BMI using height and weight variables and designating severely obese if BMI ≥ 40
Diabetes	ER68459, ER69586	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had diabetes or high blood sugar?
Hypertension	ER68444, ER69571	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had high blood pressure or hypertension?
Heart Disease	ER68439, ER69566	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had coronary heart disease, angina, congestive heart failure?
Heart Attack	ER68433, ER69560	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack?
Stroke	ER68427, ER69554	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had a stroke?
Kidney Disease	ER68498, ER69625	Is there any other serious, chronic condition that a doctor or other health professional ever told you had? [ 3: Kidney disease]
Cancer	ER68479, ER69606	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had cancer or a malignant tumor?
Neurological condition	ER68469, ER69596	Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you had permanent loss of memory or mental ability?