4727.0.55.002 - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2012-13

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ABBREVIATIONS

ľg/L ľmol/L AATSIHS	Micrograms per Litre Micromoles per Litre Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey
ABS ACR	Australian Bureau of Statistics Albumin creatinine ratio
AHS ALT	Australian Health Survey Alanine aminotransferase
ANZSCO	Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
ANZSIC Apo B	Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification Apolipoprotein B
ARA	any responsible adult
ASCED	Australian Standard Classification of Education
ASCL	Australian Standard Classification of Languages
ASGS B12	Australian Statistical Geography Standard Vitamin B12
BMI	Body Mass Index
CAI	computer assisted interviewing
CAPI	computer assisted personal interviewing
CASI	computer assisted self interviewing
CATI	computer assisted telephone interviewing
CD CKD	collection district Chronic kidney disease
cm	centimetres
CRB CRP CVD DEC DoHA	collector record book C-Reactive Protein Cardiovascular disease Departmental Ethics Committee Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
DVA eGFR GGT	Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Gamma-glutamyl transferase
GISCA	National Centre for Social Applications of GIS, University of Adelaide
GP Hb HbA1c	General Medical Practitioner Haemoglobin Glycated haemoglobin
HBSC HDL	Health Behaviours in School Children High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Health	Australian Government Department of Health
HSL	high sugar level in blood and/or urine
ICD-10	International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision
ICF ICPMS K	Indigenous Community Frame Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Potassium concentration
kg LC-MS/MS LDL	kilograms Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol Liquid Chromatography with tandem Mass Spectrometry
MB mg/L mg/mmol mL/min mmHg mmol/L mmol/mol	Mesh Block Milligrams per Litre Milligrams per Millimole Millilitres per Minute Millimetres of mercury Millimoles per Litre Millimoles per mole
MoE MUIC Na	Margin of error Median Urinary Iodine Concentration Sodium concentration
NATSIHMS	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey
NATSIHS	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey
NATSINPAS	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
NATSISS	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
nec	not elsewhere classified
nfd	not further defined
NHDD	National Health Data Dictionary
NHMRC	National Health and Medical Research Council
NHMS	National Health Measures Survey
NHPA	National Health Priority Area
NHS nmol/L	National Health Survey Nanomoles per Litre
NNPAS	National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
NNS	National Nutrition Survey
OHP	Other health professional
PAL pmol/L RCF	primary approach letter Picomoles per Litre Red Cell Folate
RSE	relative standard error
SA1	Statistical Area 1
SAS	software package for preparing and executing computerised data analysis
SE	standard error
SEIFA SST sTfR U/L VDSP	Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas Serum separating tube Soluble Transferrin Receptor Units per Litre Vitamin D Standardization Program
WHO	World Health Organization