The other such conditions are:

• excessive alcohol or tobacco use (VIT1TALCTOB)

• dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (VIT1TDEMENT)

• angina (VIT1TANGINA)

• bipolar disorder (VIT1TBIPOL)

• birth defect (VIT1TBIRTHD)

• anemia and blood disorders--adults (VIT1TBLOOD)

• chronic bronchitis (VIT1TCBRON)

• cholesterol (VIT1TCHOL)

• coronary heart disease (VIT1TCORON)

• other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (VIT1TCTS)

• benign tumors or cysts (VIT1TCYST)

• dental pain (VIT1TDENPAIN)

• emphysema (VIT1TEMPH)

• excessive sleepiness during the day (VIT1TESLEEPY)

• fibromyalgia (VIT1TFIBRO)

• fracture, bone or joint injury (VIT1TFRACT)

• gout (VIT1TGOUT)

• gynecologic problem (VIT1TGYN)

• heart attack (VIT1THATT)

• hernia (VIT1THERN)

• hypertension (VIT1THYPER)

• inflammatory bowel disease (VIT1TINFB)

• stomach or intestinal illness (VIT1TINTEST)

• irritable bowel (VIT1TIRRB)

• jaw pain (VIT1TJAWPAIN)

• joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (VIT1TJNTPAIN)

• weak or failing kidneys (VIT1TKIDNEY)

• poor circulation in legs (VIT1TLCIRC)

• liver problem (VIT1TLIVER)

• lupus (VIT1TLUPUS)

• mania or psychosis (VIT1TMANIA)

• memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (VIT1TMEMLOS)

• menopause (VIT1TMENOP)

• missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (VIT1TMLIMB)

• neck pain or problem (VIT1TNECPAIN)

• circulation problems (other than in the legs) (VIT1TNLCIRC)

• other allergies--adults (VIT1TOALLA)

• other heart condition or disease (VIT1TOHART)

• other infectious diseases (VIT1TOINF)

• other injury (VIT1TOINJ)

• knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (VIT1TOKNEE)

• osteoporosis, tendinitis (VIT1TOSTEO)

• polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (VIT1TPOLIO)

• prostate trouble or impotence (VIT1TPROST)

• Rheumatoid arthritis (VIT1TRHEUM)

• schizophrenia (VIT1TSCHIZ)

• senility (VIT1TSENILE)

• skin problems--adults (VIT1TSKINA)

• sprain or strain (VIT1TSPRAIN)

• stress (VIT1TSTRESS)

• stroke (VIT1TSTROKE)

• substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (VIT1TSUBST)

• ulcer (VIT1TULCER)

• varicose veins, hemorrhoids (VIT1TVEIN)

• other condition (VIT1TOTH2, VIT1TOTH3)

Additionally, there are 30 other conditions that both sample adults and sample children could report treating with vitamin supplements in 2007. For the full list of conditions, see VIT1TREAT.

Persons taking more than one vitamin supplement during the past 30 days were asked whether their second vitamin supplement was used to treat a specific problem or condition (VIT2TREAT) and, if so, what was that condition. Similarly, persons taking herbal supplements during the past 30 days (HERMO) were asked whether those herbal supplements were used to treat a specific condition (see HER1TREAT and HER2TREAT).

VIT1MOST reports the specific first vitamin supplement (out of 20 possible vitamins) that was taken most often by the respondent. Analysts interested in the treatment of back pain or a problem by other vitamin or herbal supplements should see the related variables VIT2TBACPAIN, HER1TBACPAIN, and HER2TBACPAIN. The corresponding variables VIT2MOST, HER1MOST, and HER2MOST indicate which vitamin or herbal supplement was taken.

Sample adults, but not sample children, were also asked about their use of vitamin supplements to prevent (rather than to treat) health problems or conditions (VIT1PREV and VIT2PREV). Researchers interested in the use of vitamin supplements to prevent back pain or a problem should see VIT1PBACPAIN and VIT2PBACPAIN. For more information on the full range of variables related to the use of vitamin supplements, see VITMO.