National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) is an in-home survey of 3,005 persons aged 57 to 84 that collected biomeasures of health and physiological functioning to better characterize the health of survey participants. NSHAP Wave I has been conducted between July 2005 and March 2006.
Timing of biomarker data collection in the NSHAP Wave I study (in minutes).
Measure | Median time |
25 percentile |
90 percentile |
Weight |
4 |
1 |
7 |
Height |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Waist |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Blood pressure |
5 |
4 |
8 |
Blood sample (including consent
process) |
8 |
6 |
13 |
Saliva sample | 9 |
7 |
15 |
Taste |
4 |
3 |
7 |
Vaginal swabs |
9 |
7 |
14 |
Orasure |
4 |
3 |
8 |
Distance vision |
3 |
2 |
6 |
Get up and go |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Touch |
2 |
2 |
4 |