Malaysia Lipid Study 2012-2013

Malaysia, 2012 - 2013

Get Microdata

Reference ID

MYS_2012_MLS_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Producer(s)

Tilakavati Karupaiah

Collection(s)

FAO - Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalog

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Feb 28, 2023

Last modified

Feb 28, 2023

Page views

3737

Downloads

115

Identification

Survey ID number

MYS_2012_MLS_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Title

Malaysia Lipid Study 2012-2013

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Malaysia	MYS

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

Cross-sectional study on the dietary fatty acid intake patterns, lipid profile, lipoprotein particle size and plasma fatty acid composition in an urban adult Malaysian cohort.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Scope

Notes

The survey collected information on:

Subjects: information on the participants such as age, sex and geographical location.
Consumption: information on all foods consumed by each participant in each survey day, including quantities and nutrient values. The population group covered in the dataset was adults from 20 to 67 years old.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Sub-national coverage, only urban areas.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Tilakavati Karupaiah	Taylor's University, Malaysia

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability sampling. The Malaysia Lipid Study (MLS) is a cross-sectional study investigating dietary practices and metabolic outcomes in an urban, mixed-racial population of healthy free-living adults. Malays, Chinese and Indians are among the main ethnic groups in Malaysia, and together form approximately 85% of the total population. Participant screening and subject recruitment were conducted in the urban centers of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya and surrounding suburban housing estates. Screening was facilitated through religious, community, parent-teacher associations and employer organizations at 38 community sites, between November 2012 and November 2013.

Weighting

No surveys weight were used in this survey.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2012-10-31	2013-11-29

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collection Notes

Individual quantitative 24-hour recall was used. For 566 subjects, 3 recalls were collected (2 weekdays and 1 weekend), with an average of 2 days in between the subsequent recalls. Recalls with implausible values were excluded. A household consumption questionnaire was also applied to capture eating out trends, use of cooking oils for study population and income. IPAQ was used for physical activity level.

Data Access

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO.

Access conditions

Micro datasets disseminated by FAO shall only be allowed for research and statistical purposes. Any user which requests access working for a commercial company will not be granted access to any micro dataset regardless of their specified purpose. Users requesting access to any datasets must agree to the following minimal conditions:

The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.

Citation requirements

The Malaysia Lipid Study, 2013, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Council. Harmonized for the Global Dietary Database.

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Contacts

Name	Email
Food and Agriculture Organization	fao-who-gift@fao.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_MYS_2012_MLS_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Office of Chief Statistician	Food and Agriculture Organization	Metadata adapted for FAM
Development Economics Data Group	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2023-02-23

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (February 2023): This metadata was downloaded from the FAO website (https://microdata.fao.org/index.php/catalog) and it is identical to FAO version (MYS_2012-13_MLS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.

Back to Catalog