Infographic titled “New Hepatitis D Antibody Retesting by NHANES.” Two columns compare original vs retested anti-HDV results in HBV marker positive samples, 2007–2020. Original testing used the Diasorin ETI-AB-DELTAK-2 immunoassay and shows 23% anti-HDV positivity, 55 positives total. Retesting used the International Immunodiagnostics HDV Ab (IID HDV Ab) ELISA and shows less than 1% positivity, 2 positives total. The center panel highlights the large drop after retesting and asks whether retesting may underestimate true HDV prevalence.

Drastic shift in NHANES anti-HDV results after retesting (2007–2020). Original testing found 55 anti-HDV positive samples among HBV marker positive samples tested. Retesting found only 2. Is this fixing false positives, or missing true low-level anti-HDV signal? #NHANES #HDV #HBV #Hepatitis

New research using NHANES data finds that higher relative fat mass (RFM) is negatively associated with lumbar bone mineral density in U.S. adults aged 20–59. doi.org/10.4103/REGE... #Osteoporosis #BoneHealth #RFM #NHANES #Obesity #PublicHealth #RegenerativeMedicine

Association between stress hyperglycemia ratio and periodontitis among diabetes: evidence from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2014.
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#StressHyperglycemia #Periodontitis #NHANES

New study finds a lower grip strength-to-weight ratio is linked with higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality — and greater cardiovascular disease prevalence. Strength matters. 💪❤️‍🩹
https://ow.ly/YTW050XEqJW
#CardioResearch #HeartHealth #PreventiveCardiology #NHANES #CHARLS #CardioSky #MedSky

The Feds Giveth, and the Feds Taketh Away The status of statistics for health and nutrition at the CDC

Trump sabotages the work of the #CDC, but the CDC's ongoing survey - #NHANES - of our health and nutrition is critical to our well-being: eatinginamerica.substack.com/p/the-feds-g....

Bye, bye Miss American Pie? CDC data revealed that 1/3 of Americans on a given day eat #fastfood.

Timing of menarche and menopause and epigenetic aging among U.S. adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002 - Clinical Epigenetics Reproductive aging, including timing of menarche and menopause, influences long-term morbidity and mortality in women, yet underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using DNA methylat...

Using #epigenetic analysis of #NHANES data, @epiandres.bsky.social et al. of @stanfordeph.bsky.social & @berkeleypublichlth.bsky.social found earlier menopause is linked to accelerated epigenetic aging.

clinicalepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

An Ode to Measurement · Consumer Federation of America If federal agencies no longer track how many people have died from things like preventable foodborne illnesses or drinking too much alcohol, who’s to say the Administration’s policies have not been an...

What gets measured matters. RFK, Jr. recently terminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team responsible for planning the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey or #NHANES

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If all the talk about “making America healthy” is just for show, this makes perfect sense. Pesky facts undermine political ploys.

But otherwise, the gutting of #NHANES staff at #CDC is nuts.
conscienhealth.org/2025/10/data...

American Society for Nutrition Calls for Reinstatement of CDC Staff Essential for National Health Survey The American Society for Nutrition is urging the government to reverse CDC staff firings key to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, crucial for public health.

American Society for Nutrition Calls for Reinstatement of CDC Staff Essential for National Health Survey #United_States #Bethesda #CDC #ASN #NHANES

CDC Firings Endanger the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - American Society for Nutrition ASN urges Administration to reinstate staff essential to continuation of NHANES

ASN urges the Administration to reinstate CDC staff essential to NHANES. The recent layoffs threaten future surveys and the nation’s ability to track key health and nutrition trends.

Read the full statement: nutrition.org/cdc-firings-...

#NHANES #NutritionScience #PublicHealth

Also read the accompanying commentary: academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...

#hypertension #NHANES

Close-up of various colorful dried beans and lentils arranged in bowls and piles.

📣September APNM #EditorsChoice is by Papanikolaou et al:
Animal and plant protein usual intakes are not adversely associated with all-cause, cardiovascular disease–, or cancer-related mortality risk

Read about it here: 🔗 buff.ly/8j5O1Ml

#NHANES #OpenAccess

CV health metrics and fatal CV outcomes from NHANES

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#Hypertension data from the #NHANES study

This study reveals that elevated #serumferritin levels are associated with a higher prevalence of #MAFLD and advanced #liverfibrosis and their combination with #diabetes significantly increases the risk of liver fibrosis. #NHANES #MostDownloaded #medsky

Read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries, based on the NHANES US national health database The combination of AI and national health databases offers opportunities, but may also be exploited by unethical agents. This study shows that there has been an explosion of formulaic research article...

...and on the "minus" side, we have some meta-research from Matt Spick &co about the increasing use of #AI to generate dubious manuscripts from #NHANES data (journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...) - read the Primer by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social & Stefan Stender (journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...)

He chose the 1999-initiated continuous #NHANES (w its sampling wts) as a gauge for national representativeness. Some observations:

How dietary zinc affects your chances of having a stroke Moderate zinc intake is associated with a significantly lower prevalence of stroke among U.S. adults. Higher intake beyond this range offers no added benefit, suggesting a threshold effect.

How dietary zinc affects your chances of having a stroke www.news-medical.net/news/2025052... #zinc #stroke #nutrition #diet #publichealth #brainhealth #NHANES #healthresearch #strokeawareness #preventivemedicine

Prevalence and Outcomes of #Hypertension subtypes (isolated systolic/diastolic or sys-dias hypertension) from the #NHANES data

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Lipid buildup predicts weaker bones once it passes a critical threshold A large cross-sectional study using NHANES data found a non-linear negative relationship between lipid accumulation product (LAP) and lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD). The association became si...

Lipid buildup predicts weaker bones once it passes a critical threshold www.news-medical.net/news/2025051... #Osteoporosis #Bone #Health #Obesity #Metabolic #Biomarkers #NHANES

A summary of recommendations to reduce low-value manuscripts and publications based on health datasets.

#AI ready health datasets can be exploited to generate many research articles of limited scientific value. Stefan Stender & @jabyrnesci.bsky.social explore a @plosbiology.org study describing a sudden explosion in papers analyzing the #NHANES dataset. Paper: plos.io/3RWgNog Primer: plos.io/4iTxuvq

A summary of recommendations to reduce low-value manuscripts and publications based on health datasets.

#AI ready health datasets can be exploited to generate many research articles of limited scientific value. Stefan Stender & @jabyrnesci.bsky.social explore a @plosbiology.org study describing a sudden explosion in papers analyzing the #NHANES dataset. Paper: plos.io/3RWgNog Primer: plos.io/4iTxuvq

A summary of recommendations to reduce low-value manuscripts and publications based on health datasets.

#AI ready health datasets can be exploited to generate many research articles of limited scientific value. Stefan Stender & @jabyrnesci.bsky.social explore a @plosbiology.org study describing a sudden explosion in papers analyzing the #NHANES dataset. Paper: plos.io/3RWgNog Primer: plos.io/4iTxuvq

Summary of the distribution of journals. A tree map of the 341 focal manuscripts by journal, grouped by publisher family. BioMed Central is part of the Springer Nature publishing group but is shown as the BMC family of journals here.

#AI & national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like #PaperMills. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US #NHANES resource @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RWgNog

Summary of the distribution of journals. A tree map of the 341 focal manuscripts by journal, grouped by publisher family. BioMed Central is part of the Springer Nature publishing group but is shown as the BMC family of journals here.

#AI & national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like #PaperMills. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US #NHANES resource @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RWgNog

Summary of the distribution of journals. A tree map of the 341 focal manuscripts by journal, grouped by publisher family. BioMed Central is part of the Springer Nature publishing group but is shown as the BMC family of journals here.

#AI & national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like #PaperMills. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US #NHANES resource @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RWgNog

How urine caffeine levels may help detect diabetic eye damage early Researchers found that higher urinary levels of caffeine and specific metabolites, especially in men, were significantly associated with diabetic retinopathy risk. The cross-sectional study used NHANE...

How urine caffeine levels may help detect diabetic eye damage early ☕👁️🧬 www.news-medical.net/news/2025050... #diabetes #retinopathy #caffeine #biomarkers #eyehealth #publichealth #metabolomics #screening #NHANES #precisionmedicine

Can your diet affect fertility? Gut-linked dietary score reveals surprising risk pattern A cross-sectional study of over 3,000 U.S. women found a non-linear link between a gut microbiota-based dietary index (DI-GM) and infertility. Risk decreased with healthier diets but unexpectedly rose...

Can your diet affect fertility? Gut-linked dietary score reveals surprising risk pattern 🍽️🧬👩 www.news-medical.net/news/2025050... #infertility #guthealth #diet #fertility #microbiome #reproductivehealth #nutrition #NHANES #womenshealth #publichealth @frontiersin.bsky.social

Better sleep, BMI, and glucose control lower female infertility odds A new study using NHANES data found that higher Life’s Crucial 9 (LC9) scores, reflecting better cardiovascular and mental health, were linked to lower odds of female infertility. However, adding depr...

Better sleep, BMI, and glucose control lower female infertility odds ❤️🧠👩‍⚕️ www.news-medical.net/news/2025042... #Infertility #Cardiovascular #Health #MentalHealth #LC9 #LE8 #NHANES #ReproductiveHealth #Depression #Sleep #Biomarkers

Could your milk choice affect migraines? Skim milk consumption is linked to a lower prevalence of migraines in U.S. adults, according to a large NHANES-based study. The association remained significant even after adjusting for lifestyle, die...

Could your milk choice affect migraines? 🧠🥛📉 www.news-medical.net/news/2025040... #Migraines #Nutrition #Milk #SkimMilk #Headache #Diet #Health #NHANES #PublicHealth #Riboflavin #Dairy

#Sleep is a critical aspect of health. #Wearables are effective, non-invasive tools for real-world assessments. This poster from the #ActiGraph science team leverages #NHANES data for an automated approach to detect outlier sleep periods; improving QC & uncovering new sleep insights: bit.ly/3RzyOIw