Dried blood spot based biomarkers in the Health and Retirement Study: 2006 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) has collected biomarker data over multiple waves. Such data can help improve our understanding of health changes in individuals and the causal pathways related to health. There are, however, technical challenges to using the HRS dried blood spots (DBS) biomarker data due to changes over time in assay protocols, platforms, and laboratories. We provide technical and summary information on biological indicators collected as part of the HRS from 2006 to 2016 that should be helpful to users of the data.

Methods

We describe the opportunities and challenges provided by the HRS DBS data as well as insights provided by the data. The HRS collected DBS from its nationally representative sample of respondents 51 years of age or older fr

SUBMITTER: Kim JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873048 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature