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

µg/L
µmol/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
ANZSCOAustralian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
ANZSIC
Apo B
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
Apolipoprotein B
ARAany 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
CAPIcomputer assisted personal interviewing
CASIcomputer assisted self interviewing
CATIcomputer assisted telephone interviewing
CD
CKD
collection district
Chronic kidney disease
cmcentimetres
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
NATSIHMSNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey
NATSIHSNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey
NATSINPASNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
NATSISSNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
necnot elsewhere classified
nfdnot further defined
NHDD National Health Data Dictionary
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
NHMSNational Health Measures Survey
NHPA National Health Priority Area
NHS
nmol/L
National Health Survey
Nanomoles per Litre
NNPASNational 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
SA1Statistical 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