National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

• Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
• This database does not include cancer outcomes.
• This database is not linked to a cancer registry.

Description

NHANES is a national database of health information created and managed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. The NCHS is the nation's principle health statistics agency, and the cross-sectional NHANES is conducted approximately once per decade to provide information for health policy and programs. Pharmacoepidemiologic data available from NHANES includes drug etiology, drug utilization, and population cancer burden. Access to NHANES data is free after NCHS publication.

Selected References

Etiology

Tseng M, Breslow RA, Graubard BI, Ziegler RG. Dairy, calcium, and vitamin D intakes and prostate cancer risk in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Epidemiologic Follow-up Study cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 2005 May;81(5):1147-54.

Mainous AG 3rd, Gill JM, Everett CJ. Transferrin saturation, dietary iron intake, and risk of cancer. Ann Fam Med 2005 Mar-Apr;3(2):131-7.

Treatment/Survivorship

Lando JF, Heck KE, Brett KM. Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk in a nationally representative cohort. Am J Prev Med 1999 Oct;17(3):176-80.