Data resource profile: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).

ABSTRACT: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) is a national surveillance system that has been assessing the health and nutritional status of Koreans since 1998. Based on the National Health Promotion Act, the surveys have been conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). This nationally representative cross-sectional survey includes approximately 10 000 individuals each year as a survey sample and collects information on socioeconomic status, health-related behaviours, quality of life, healthcare utilization, anthropometric measures, biochemical and clinical profiles for non-communicable diseases and dietary intakes with three component surveys: health interview, health examination and nutrition survey. The health interview and health exa

SUBMITTER: Kweon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3937975 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature