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Frailty in NHANES: Comparing the frailty index and phenotype.

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2015
The two most commonly employed frailty measures are the frailty phenotype and the frailty index. We compared them to examine whether they demonstrated common characteristics of frailty scales, and to examine their association with adverse health measures including disability, self-reported health, and healthcare utilization.
J. Blodgett   +4 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Vaccination Serology Status and Cardiovascular Mortality: Insight from NHANES III and Continuous NHANES

Postgraduate Medicine, 2015
Prior studies have described a negative relationship between influenza vaccination and recurrence of cardiovascular (CV) events. However, due to lack of any prior studies, we evaluated and attempted to define the relationship between non-influenza vaccines and CV mortality.We used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III ...
Ankit, Chothani   +15 more
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Prevalence of unexplained erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis – an NHANES analysis

Leukemia & Lymphoma, 2020
Introduction Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are myeloproliferative neoplasms characterized by erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis, with an estimated prevalence of 22 and 24 per 100,000, respectively in the United States (Ma X et al AJH 2008). However, the prevalence of undiagnosed disease is unknown.
Douglas Tremblay   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Interpreting NHANES biomonitoring data, cadmium

Toxicology Letters, 2010
Cadmium (Cd) occurs naturally in the environment and the general population's exposure to it is predominantly through diet. Chronic Cd exposure is a public health concern because Cd is a known carcinogen; it accumulates in the body and causes kidney damage.
Patricia, Ruiz   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Characterizing children's exposures: beyond NHANES

NeuroToxicology, 2005
Biomonitoring programs, such as those being conducted at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in conjunction with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), are of benefit to all disciplines of environmental public health. However, all programs have limitations, and like most things in science, "One size does not fit all."
Larry L, Needham   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Accuracy of NHANES Periodontal Examination Protocols

Journal of Dental Research, 2010
This study evaluates the accuracy of periodontitis prevalence determined by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) partial-mouth periodontal examination protocols. True periodontitis prevalence was determined in a new convenience sample of 454 adults ≥ 35 years old, by a full-mouth “gold standard” periodontal examination.
P I, Eke   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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