Question: Problem# 2 . 6 . [ Page 2 9 ] The file btt . dat ( see Page 2 6 2 for more details )

Problem#2.6.[Page 29] The file btt.dat (see Page 262 for more details) contains data on a subset of participants in a South African study on the health of children. a) Body mass index (BMI) is a way of obtaining a relative body weight. BMI is defined as weight (in kg) divided by (height)2 where height is measured in meters. Compute the BMI for the children at 5 years. Print the child id, height, weight, and BMI for the first 10 children. [10 pts] b) Blood pressure for adults is classified into four types: Hypertension if sbp 140 and dbp 90, Isolated systolic hypertension if sbp 140 and dbp <90, Isolated diastolic hypertension if sbp <140 and dbp 90, Normotensive if sbp <140 and dbp <90. Create a numerical variable for this classification for the mothers blood pressure at the childs birth. Use PROC FORMAT to name the levels of the variable. Print the child id, sbp, dbp, and classification for the mothers of the first 30 children. [10 pts]

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