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Build your NHANES study with harmonization intelligence.

Combine variables from the indexed Continuous NHANES catalog, choose the cycles you need, and see how Praxis connects source history, methods, cycle boundaries, and cross-code lineage into a study-specific harmonization view.

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Praxis harmonization guidance available

Praxis found harmonization conditions for this study and has surfaced them below with the supporting source evidence.

1 variable assessment

ACD011A
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Questionnaire

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Source releases
5
Available cycles
2011-2012 · 2013-2014 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020
Dataset
Acculturation

No blocking method discontinuity is identified inside the selected cycle span, but one or more longitudinal changes require explicit harmonization conditions before pooling.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence

Evidence signals: source-derived

Relevant boundaries: 2011-2012 → 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 → 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Apply cycle-specific eligibility rules and restrict the pooled analytic population to a defensible common target population.
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
Remove from studyVariable historyCDC source