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Warning
We are currently reviewing this report and will change a number of things in the next update.
·         Children under the age of two will be excluded
, and we will change the
·         The Child cut-off values for the categories listed below
to
will reflect the Australian Bureau of Statistics recommendations
.



Measures > BMI displays your data as a breakdown of BMI status (currently valid for patients >18 yrs) :

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The BMI mappings are provided in the 'General Data Mappings' Appendices under Measurements for each clinical system.
BMI, where calculated from height and weight, will use the weight date as the measurement dates and requires that height has been recorded in the following timeframes:

Age >= 18:

  • Height/weight dates are within 5 years of each other AND
  • At least one height recorded since age 17

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  • (for age 18-24)
  • At least one height recorded since age 25 (for 25+)

OR

Age < 18:

  • Height/weight dates are within 1 year of each other

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