Health Exam Tests

 

Health Measurements by Participant Age and Gender

• Physician’s exam - all ages
• Blood pressure - ages 8 years and older
• Bone density - ages 8 years and older
• Condition of teeth - ages 5 years and older
• Vision test - ages 12 years and older
• Hearing test - ages 12-19 years and 70 years and older
• Height, weight, and other body measures - all ages
• Ophthalmology exam for eye diseases - ages 40 and older
• Breathing tests - ages 6-79 years

 

Lab Tests on Urine: (6 years and older)

• Kidney function tests - ages 6 years and older
• Sexually transmitted disease (STD)
• Chlamydia and gonorrhea - ages 14-39
• Exposure to environmental chemicals - selected persons ages 6 and older 
• Pregnancy test - females 12 years and older and girls 8-11 years who have periods

 

Lab Tests on Blood: (1 year and older)

• Anemia - all ages
• Total Cholesterol and HDL - ages 6 years and older
• Glucose measures - ages 12 years and older
• Infectious diseases - ages 2 years and older
• Kidney function tests - ages 12 years and older
• Lead - 1 year and older
• Cadmium - 1 year and older
• Mercury - ages 1 and older
• Liver function tests - ages 12 years and older
• Nutrition status - 1 year and older
• Thyroid function test - ages 12 years and older
• Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)- males ages 40 and older
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
• Genital Herpes - ages 14-49 years
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - ages 18-49 years
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) antibody - ages 14-59 years
• Exposure to environmental chemicals - selected persons ages 6 and older

 

Lab Tests on Water

• Environmental chemicals - 12 years and older in half of households

 

Other Lab Tests

• Vaginal swabs (self-administered) females ages 14-59 years
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) ages 14-59 years

 

Private Health Interviews

• Health status - ages 12 and older
• Questions about drug and alcohol use - ages 12 years and older (No drug testing will be done)
• Nutrition - all ages
• Reproductive health - females ages 12 years and older
• Questions about sexual experience - ages 14-69 years
• Tobacco use - ages 12 years and older

 

After the Visit to the NHANES Examination Center

• Persons asked about the foods they eat will receive a phone call 3-10 days after their exam for a similar interview, all ages.
• Then participants, or an adult for participants 1-15 years old, will be asked about food shopping habits.
• Persons who test positive for hepatitis C will be asked to participate in a brief telephone interview 6 months after the exam.  Parents will respond for children.