Study Design
What to Collect
The following list is not exhaustive, but provides some ideas about
health measures that have been collected by population research
projects.
- Retracting Finger Lancet from Needlestick/Sharps Injuries. Courtesy: Hospital eTool: Healthcare Wide Hazards OSHA
- Swine influenza, PHIL #11215. Courtesy: C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish/CDC.
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Cardiovascular and circulatory function |
cholesterol lipids triglycerides |
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Micronutrient deficiencies |
iron/anemia iodine vitamin A zinc folate |
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Environmental exposures |
lead organochlorines |
| Other health assessments |
anthropometry (height and weight/body mass index, skinfold, bioimpediance) blood glucose levels blood pressure physical activity monitoring vision and hearing screening |
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Genetic markers |
aging cancer polymorphisms related to nutrition |
| Radiology, ultrasound, pathology |
bone mass brain imaging pregnancy status and fetal growth tissue assessment placental abnormalities |
| Hormones |
androgens endocrine function estrogens pregnancy stress-related (cortisol, corticotropin releasing hormone, epinephrine, norepinephrine) thyroid |
Substance use |
cocaine marijuana/THC opiates tobacco/cotinine |
| Infections |
bacterial vaginosis
encephalitis hepatitis C sexually transmitted (syphilis, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, chlamydia, HPV, HIV/AIDS, genital herpes) tuberculosis |
Tropical diseases and parasites |
Chagas disease dengue fever hookworm leishmaniasis malaria onchocerciasis other intestinal parasites schistosomiasis trypanosomiasis |
Inflammatory response |
C-reactive protein cytokines |
Vaccine-preventable diseases |
measles mumps pertussis polio rubella tetanus |
