A review of the use of health examination data from the Health Survey for England in government policy development and implementation

Table 1 Measurements and samples taken as part of the HSE, by year

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
*Measurements*
Blood pressure 5+	•	•	•	•	•	•	•³	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•⁸	•	•	•
Demi span		•	•	•		•	•³	•²	•				•²	•²	•²	•⁶
ECG							•³	•¹
Grip strength													•²
Physical function – balance													•²
Lung function 7+			•	•	•		•³		•	•		•						•
Infant length									•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Step test																•⁷
Upper arm circumference			•	•	•	•	•³
Waist/hip circumference 11+	•	•			•	•	•³	•²	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Walking speed													•²
*Blood sample*
C reactive protein						•	•³				•	•		•			•
Cotinine	•	•		•	•
Creatinine																	•	•
Fibrinogen	•	•				•	•³	•¹			•	•	•²	•			•
Influenza antibodies																				•
Gamma gt	•	•
Glycated haemoglobin	•	•					•³	•¹			•	•	•²	•		•	•	•	•	•
Haemoglobin + ferritin	•	•	•	•	•	•	•³	•¹	•	•		•	•²	•			•
HDL cholesterol						•	•³	•¹			•	•	•²	•		•	•	•	•	•
IgE/HDM Ige			•	•	•		•³		•	•		•
MCV								•¹					•²
Serum albumin								•²					•²
Serum transferin													•²
Total cholesterol	•	•				•	•³	•¹			•	•	•²			•	•	•	•	•
Vitamin D								•²					•²					•
Vitamin B12													•²
*Fasting blood sample*
Glucose							•³				•	•
LDL cholesterol							•³				•	•
Triglycerides							•³				•	•
*Saliva sample*
Cotinine				•	•	•	•³		•⁴	•⁴	•⁴	•⁴	•⁴	•⁴	•⁵	•⁵	•⁵	•⁵	•⁵	•⁴
*Urine sample 16+*
Sodium, potassium, creatinine											•	•	•	•	•		•	•		•
Albumin																	•	•
Melatonin																		•

¹65+ in care homes only; ²All 65+; ³Minority ethnic group respondents only; ⁴Children aged 4–15; ⁵Children aged 4–15, adults 16+; ⁶Aged 25–44, 65+; ⁷Aged 16–74; ⁸Aged 16+.

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