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March 2021

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The 2017-2018 Cholesterol – Low-Density Lipoproteins & Triglycerides (TRIGLY_J) file was updated to correct the fasting criteria for those who were 12 years and older and examined in the morning section to have fasted at least 8 hours or more, but less than 24 hours. Participants included in the fasting subsample and provided sufficient blood specimen for triglycerides testing would have their triglycerides values included in the file. This update included triglycerides values reported for 2 additional records that were previously omitted due to the fasting criteria was mistakenly set as 8.5 hours to less than 24 hours. Both records have fasting sample weights (WTSAF2YR) > 0.

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February 2021

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The 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 Chlamydia serology files have been updated to report two additional variables: SSCTEIOD (chlamydia Pgp3 EIA Optical Density) and SSCTMBFI (chlamydia Pgp3 MBA medium fluorescence intensity).

 

January 2021

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December 2020

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2017-2018 Dietary Supplement Database- Ingredient Information file (DSII) was updated to correct unit from grams to milligrams for four ingredients: Glucosamine (DSDIID=435), Chondroitin (DSDIID=4071), Glucosamine Hydrochloride (DSDIID=410), and Chondroitin Sulfate (DSDIID=571).

 

November 2020

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2017-2018 Oral Health – Dentition (OHXDEN_J) dataset was updated to correct coding errors in OHX04CSC, OHX08CSC, OHX29CSC, and OHX29CTC for 3 records.

Documentation for the following pooled-sample datasets were updated to reflect the correct units of the reported analyte values. No changes were made to the actual data points of any analytes in these datasets.

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October 2020

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September 2020

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August 2020

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Documentation for 2015-2016 Plasma Fasting Glucose (GLU_I) file was updated to include additional information on the impact of instrument change on plasma glucose results in 2015-2016 and the potential implications on trend analysis. No changes were made to the actual data points of any analytes in this dataset.

 

July 2020

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June 2020

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The 2017-2018 Cytomegalovirus IgG & IgG Antibodies in serum dataset was updated to correct the categorization of cytomegalovirus IgG avidity, based on updated cutoff values.

 

May 2020

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April 2020

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The 2001-2002 surplus serum folate dataset was updated to correct a calibration bias in the serum folic acid determination. Please refer to the analytic notes in the documentations accompanying the datasets for more details.

2015-2016 Oral Health – Dentition dataset were updated with additional data on secondary restoration codes that were collected on teeth had untreated dental caries and had an existing restoration. Updates were made to both the data file as well as the documentation.

 

March 2020

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February 2020

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2011-2012 Fatty Acids – Serum (FAS_G) file was updated to correct target age for the analytes and to include additional text on subsample weights in the documentation. Serum fatty acids were measured for all examined participants aged 3 to 11 years, and participants aged 12 years and older who were examined in the morning session in 2011-2012. No changes were made to the actual data points of any analytes in the dataset.

Withdrawn Data

The 2001-2002 surplus serum folate dataset has been temporarily withdrawn to correct a calibration bias.

 

January 2020

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2015-2016 Complete Blood Count with 5-Part Differential – Whole Blood (CBC_I) file was updated to include an additional variable, LBXMC, to report mean cell hemoglobin concentration in g/dL, and to correct the description for variable LBXMCSI as “Mean Cell Hemoglobin (pg)”.

 

December 2019

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Documentation and SAS labels for the following pooled-sample datasets were updated to reflect the correct units the analyte values were reported in. In addition, the limits of detection (LOD) were updated in Table 1 of the documentation to reflect the correct values. No changes were made to the actual data points of any analytes in these datasets.

Industry and occupation group code variables have been added for participant’s current and longest held jobs.

 

November 2019

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2013-2014 and 2015-2016 water and plasma fluoride values less than the limit of detection (LOD) were imputed with the LOD/square root of 2.

 

October 2019

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2013-2014 Aldehyde – Serum datasets (ALD_H & ALDS_H) were updated to correct the Limit of Detection (LOD) and data for LBXI5AL-Isopentanaldehyde. The LOD was corrected from 0.316 ng/mL to 0.119 ng/mL.

 

September 2019

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Withdrawn Data

  • Fatty Acids – Serum (FAS_G 2011-2012)
    2011-2012 Fatty Acids – Serum (FAS_G) data have been temporarily withdrawn from the NHANES website for further review.

 

August 2019

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July 2019

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June 2019

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URXUCR was updated to correct the Limit of Detection, only six data points were affected.

2013-2014 Aldehyde – Serum datasets (ALD_H & ALDS_H) were updated to correct the Limits of Detection (LOD) for various analytes in the LOD table in both documentation files. However, only data for one analyte (LBXI5AL-Isopentanaldehyde)was updated, as the LOD was corrected from 0.119 ng/mL to 0.316 ng/mL.

Documentation and SAS labels for the following pooled-sample datasets were updated to reflect the correct units the analyte values were reported in. No changes were made to the actual values of any analytes in these datasets.

 

May 2019

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April 2019

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2011-2012 Oral Health – Dentition File (OHXDEN_G) was updated to provide the 2011-2012 dental fluorosis clinical assessment data in a separate dataset (FCXCLN_G) to be consistent with the release of the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 data. Variables for the 2011-2012 fluorosis data were renamed to reflect the new file name (i.e., prefix changed from OHX to FCX). There were no changes to any data values. There were no changes to any variables remaining in the 2011-2012 Oral Health – Dentition file.

 

March 2019

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The SSANA_A, SSANA_B and SSANA_C are combined into one 6-year dataset SSANA_A with a set of 6-year weight attached.

TFA_A was updated to add data points for children 6-19 years.

TFA_F was updated to add data points for children 3-19 years.

 

February 2019

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2011-2012 folate and folate form datasets were updated to correct a calibration bias in the serum folic acid determination. Please refer to the analytic notes in the documentations accompanying the datasets for more details.

2007-2008 serum folate forms dataset was updated to: 1) add two comment code variables (LBDSF1LC, LBDSF2LC) documenting cases with values below lower detection limit, these variables were inadvertently omitted from original release; and 2) rename two folate form variables as “LBXSF1SI” and “LBXSF2SI” to reflect the SI unit (nmol/L) of their values, no changes were made to the actual values of these two variables.

GLU_I dataset was updated to round the LBXGLU variable to the nearest whole number.

Documentation for the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) datasets in three earlier cycles were updated. 2001-2002: References were added; and 2003-2004 & 2005-2006: units of measurement for MTBE and Trihalomethane analytes were corrected to pg/mL. No changes were made to any data points in these datasets.

 

January 2019

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