National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010-2012, Chemosenses Component

这项协议的目的是为国家健康和营养检查(NHANES)中的化学感官(嗅觉和味觉)检查和问卷部分的科学和技术支持以及质量保证提供资金，该调查由国家卫生统计中心(NCHS)和疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)运营。NIDCD基金将支持将味觉和嗅觉的标准测量纳入这项具有全国代表性的、以人群为基础的调查，以确定美国味觉和/或嗅觉障碍的流行程度，并确定味觉/嗅觉丧失的风险因素和可能的相关条件，如肥胖、饮食摄入改变和慢性病(哮喘、心血管疾病等)。该议定书将在NHANES 2010年进行试点测试和评估，然后在NHANES 2011年及以后在全国范围内实施。该方案建立在标准临床测试程序、2006？2009年威斯康星州海狸坝(BOSS研究)味觉测试以及为NIH工具箱设计嗅觉和味觉测试方案的化学感官科学家的建议基础上。现在似乎是在NHANES中增加味觉/嗅觉检查的合适时机，因为：1)2011年将首次增加完整的牙科检查组成部分，2)NHANES营养流行病学家最近认识到增加嗅觉和味觉测试以增强NHANES广泛的饮食调查组成部分的价值。来自不同种族和民族背景的大约2000名成年人，年龄在40岁到85岁之间，每年将参加味觉和嗅觉考试。NIDCD资助了与NCHS/NHANES的IAA，NCHS将承包实地工作。

The purpose of this agreement is to provide funding for scientific and technical support as well as quality assurance for the chemosensory (smell & taste) examination and questionnaire components in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which is operated by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIDCD funds will support incorporating standard measures of taste and smell into this nationally-representative, population based survey to determine the prevalence of taste and/or smell impairment in the U.S., as well as to identify risk factors for taste/smell loss and possible associated conditions such as obesity, altered dietary intake, and chronic illness (asthma, cardiovascular disease, etc.). The protocol will undergo pilot testing and evaluation in NHANES 2010 before implementation nationally in NHANES 2011 and beyond. The protocol builds upon standard clinical test procedures, the 2006¿2009 Beaver Dam Wisconsin (BOSS Study) taste exam, and the recommendations of the chemosensory scientists who have designed the smell and taste exam protocols for the NIH Toolbox. This seems to be an appropriate time to add taste/smell exams to NHANES, since: 1) there will be a full dental exam component for the first time in several years added in 2011, and 2) the NHANES nutritional epidemiologists have recently recognized the value of adding smell and taste testing to augment the extensive NHANES diet survey components. Approximately 2,000 adults, ages 40 to 85+ years, from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds will participate each year in the taste and smell exam. NIDCD has funded an IAA with NCHS/NHANES and NCHS will contract the field work.