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            | MEPS HC-172 |  
            | PANEL 18 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 23, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | CHOLCK3 |  
            | Description: | HOW LNG CHOLEST LST CHCK (>17) - RD 3 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1198 |  
            | End: | 1199 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK |            649 |     12,125,335 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             33 |        698,788 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          5,013 |     80,949,393 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |          6,623 |    140,069,990 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |          1,438 |     28,288,113 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            513 |      9,209,059 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            335 |      7,001,043 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |            426 |      9,632,517 |  
            | 6 NEVER |          1,684 |     33,635,386 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,714 |    321,609,625 |  
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