Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Ford, E. S., Giles, W. H. 8c Dietz, W. H. (2002). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among US adults findings from the third national health and nutrition examination survey. JAMA, 287, 356-9. 

Brody DJ, Pirkle JL, Kramer RA, et al. 1994. Blood lead levels in the US population. Phase 1 of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988 to 1991). J Am Med Assoc 272 277-283. 

Mares-Perlman, JA, Fisher, AI, Klein, R, Block, G, Millen, AE, and Wright, JD, 2001. Lutein and zeaxanthin in the diet and serum and their relation to age-related maculopathy in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Epidemiol 153, 424-432. 

Beck TJ, Looker AC, Ruff CB, Sievanen H, Wahner HW (2000) Structural trends in the aging femoral neck and proximal shaft analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry data. J Bone Miner Res 15 2297-2304... 

The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-94) Reference Manuals and Reports, October 1996. 

Belin, R.M. et al., Smoke exposure is associated with a lower prevalence of serum thyroid autoantibodies and thyrotropin concentration elevation and a higher prevalence of mild thyrotropin concentration suppression in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 89, 6077, 2004. 

Hnizdo, E., Sullivan, P. A., Bang, K. I., and Wagner, G. (2002). Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and employment by industry and occupation in the US population A study of data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am. J. Epidemiol. 156, 738-746. 

Ethylbenzene was measured in the blood of 631 non-occupationally exposed people in the United States (as a subset of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, at mean and median levels of 0.11 and 0.06 pg/L, respectively (Ashley et al., 1994). In an earlier study, the authors reported a mean ethylbenzene concentration of 0.12 pg/L in 13 blood samples (Ashley et al., 1992). 

The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), a national study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 40% of Americans had used a dietary supplement in the month before they were interviewed for the study. Although NHANES did not break down supplement use into specific subtypes, the data gives some interesting insights into the growing acceptance of dietary supplement products in America. 

Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease. Thus, the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), conducted from 1992 to 1994, found that 27% of the USA adult population had hypertension. The prevalence varies with age, race, education, and many other variables. Sustained arterial hypertension damages blood vessels in kidney, heart, and brain and leads to an increased incidence of renal failure, coronary disease, cardiac failure, and stroke. Effective pharmacologic lowering of blood pressure has been shown to prevent damage to blood vessels and to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality rates. Many effective drugs are available. Knowledge of their antihypertensive mechanisms and sites of action allows accurate prediction of efficacy and toxicity. As a result, rational use of these agents, alone or in combination, can lower blood pressure with minimal risk of serious toxicity in most patients. 

Arbes, S. Jr., Gergen, P., Elliott, L., and Zeldin, D. 2005. Prevalences of positive skin test responses to 10 common allergens in the US population Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Allergy Clinical Immunol 116(2) 377-383. 

Wu T, Buck GM, Mendola P (2003) Blood lead levels and sexual maturation in U.S. giris The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-94. Environ Health Perspect, 111(5) 737-741. 

Nakagawara VB, Montgomery RW, Dillard A, McLin L, and Connor CW (2003) The effects of laser illumination on operational and visual performance of pilots conducting terminal operations. DOT/FAA/AM-03/12. Niskar A, Kieszak S, Holmes A, et al. (2002) Estimated prevalence of noise-induced hearing threshold shifts among children 6 to 19 years of age The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988-1994. Pediatrics 109 987-988. 

Gergen PJ, Fowler JA, Maurer KR, et al. The burden of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on the respiratory health of children 2 months through 5 years of age in the United States Third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988 to 1994. Pediatrics 1998 101(2) E8. 

Harris MI, Flegal KM, Cowie CC, Eberhardt MS, Goldstein DE, Little RR, et al. Prevalence of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, and impaired glucose tolerance in U.S. adults. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Diabetes Care 1998 21 518-24. 

Coresh J, Wei GL, McQuillan G, Brancati EL, Levey AS, Jones C, et al. Prevalence of high blood pressure and elevated serum creatinine level in the United States findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994). Arch Intern Med 2001 161 1207-16. 

Jones CA, McQuillan GM, Kusek JW, Eberhardt MS, Herman WH, Coresh J, et al. Serum creatinine levels in the US population Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Kidney Dis 1998 32 992-9. 

Balluz, L.S. Kieszak, S.M. Philen, R.M. Mulinare, J. Vitamin and mineral supplement use in the United States. Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Arch. Fam. Mod. 2000, 9, 258 -262. 

CKD has been described as a silent epidemic and is a worldwide public health problem. Three different national surveys have estimated that the prevalence of CKD is at least 5% of the adnlt population when using a serum creatinine concentration of greater than 1.2 to 1.5 mg/dL as the definition.The most representative of these studies, the Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES III) ° projected that at least 10.9 million people had a decreased level of kidney function as evidenced by serum creatinine concentration (>1.5 mg/dL). The NHANES III analysis also revealed that the prevalence of CKD was significantly associated with age, race, gender, and hypertension the prevalence of CKD was higher in those of advanced age, black race, male gender, and a diagnosis of hypertension. 

K/DOQI Kidney Dialysis Outcomes and Quality Initiative MAP mean arterial blood pressure MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease MRFIT Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial NHANES III Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey... 

Hsu CY, McCulloch CE, Curhan GC. Epidemiology of anemia associated with chronic renal insufficiency among adults in the United States results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002 13 504-510. 

Wlien World Health Organization BMD classifications are applied to central BMD (femoral neck) data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, conducted from 1988 to 1994), the respective osteopenia and osteoporosis prevalences among American subgroups are as follows ... 

Mage, D. T., Allen, R. H., Gondy, G., Smith, W., Barr, D. B., and Needham, L. L. (2004). Estimating pesticide dose from urinary pesticide concentration data by creatinine correction in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-IH). J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14, 457-465. 

Because chromium potentiates the action of glucose, a poor chromium status might lead to impaired glucose tolerance and Type II diabetes (Anderson 1998). The prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance was 15.8% in adults aged 40-74 years in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in the U.S. (Harris etal. 

Briefel RR, McDowell MA, Alaimo K, Caugh-MAN CR, Bischof AL, Carroll MD and Johnson CL (1995) Total energy intake of the US population the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988—1991. Am J Clin Nutr 62 1072S-1080S. 

Alaimo K, McDowell MA, Brieeel RR, Bischoe AM, Caughman CR, Loria CM and Johnson CL (1994) Dietary intake of vitamins, minerals, and fiber of persons ages 2 months and over in the United States Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Phase 1, 1988-91. US Department of Health and Human Services ((PHS) 95-1250 4-2511). 

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