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Renewal of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - Diabetes Components

May 2023 Council

Lead Division/Office

DEM

Point(s) of Contact

Jean Lawrence

Executive Summary

We are requesting renewal of Initiative #1307 “National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - Diabetes Components” for the purpose of continuing the diabetes-related questions, examinations, and laboratory measures related to diabetes and its complications to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for pre-diabetes and diabetes among this US nationally representative cohort that will be included in NHANES cycles 2024-2028. Scientists from NIDDK/DEM and CDC/DDT have jointly proposed modifications to the current diabetes-related content in NHANES to provide more robust data on neuropathy (diabetes-related complication) and insulin underusage as well as to harmonize the questions with those on the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The NHANES data are public use and have been used extensively by researchers in the United States and beyond as well as by NIDDK and CDC scientific staff and other federal agencies to inform public health and policy decision related to diabetes.