Praxis Data Lab · Study Builder

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.

4 variable assessments

ARD026B
Evidence developinglow confidence

Questionnaire

How often did {you/SP} get UPPER BACK pain, aching or stiffness? Did {you/SP} have it…

Source releases
1
Available cycles
2009-2010
Dataset
Arthritis

No normalized longitudinal change evidence is available for this variable. Absence of events must not be interpreted as proof of cross-cycle equivalence.

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

ARXO2WD
Evidence developinglow confidence

Examination

OCCIPUT-TO-WALL DISTANCE IN CENTIMETERS

Source releases
1
Available cycles
2009-2010
Dataset
Arthritis Body Measures

No normalized longitudinal change evidence is available for this variable. Absence of events must not be interpreted as proof of cross-cycle equivalence.

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

BPD035
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Questionnaire

How old {were you/was SP} when {you were/he/she was} first told that {you/he/she} had hypertension or high blood pressure?

Source releases
7
Available cycles
2007-2008 · 2009-2010 · 2011-2012 · 2013-2014 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020
Dataset
Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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: 2007-2008 → 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 → 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 → 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 → 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
DCDINDEX
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Laboratory

Source releases
3
Available cycles
1999-2000 · 2001-2002 · 2003-2004
Dataset
Lead - Dust

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 · automated-difference

Relevant boundaries: 1999-2000 → 2001-2002 · 2001-2002 → 2003-2004

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
  • Review the adjacent codebooks/methods. Keep this boundary as documentation variation unless source evidence confirms a substantive method or instrument change.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence