Data Resource Profile: The Statistics of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) Biobank Project
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The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) is a representative survey of the Korean population, providing evidence for health policy and health interest statistics. The survey is conducted annually, and the 10th cycle, 1st year (2025) survey is currently underway. In health examination of KNHANES, blood samples are collected from people aged 10 years or older, and urine samples are collected from people aged 6 years or older. To support research related to various public health concerns based on the general population, the National Bank of Korea (NBK) has been operating the KNHANES biobank project since 2005 and has distributed high-quality biospecimens collected through KNHANES. To date, biospecimens from a total of 95,455 participants have been deposited, with approximately 35,500 biospecimens available as of December 2024. This biobank provides serum, plasma, and extracted DNA to researchers in officially approved projects. Recently, urine specimens have also become available. Additionally, genotyping data (> 833,000 genetic markers) for ~19,300 participants generated from the KoreanChip are available. The vast epidemiological data linkage derived from KNHANES will provide valuable insights into public health issues. Researchers can access the resource through NBK's online platform (HuBIS_Desk, https://biobank.nih.go.kr/Desk/).
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KNHANES is a nationwide, representative, cross-sectional survey conducted annually by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency since 1998.
“KNHANES is a nationwide, representative, cross-sectional survey conducted annually by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) since 1998 in accordance with the National Health Promotion Act.”
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The Introduction states that KNHANES began in 1998, represents Koreans, and is conducted annually; Strengths and Weaknesses identifies its cross-sectional design. Our copy does not state that KDCA has conducted the survey since 1998 or that it is conducted under the National Health Promotion Act. It identifies a KDCA KNHANES website, but that does not establish those additional details. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Lee, H. A., Kim, H. R., Park, H., Jung, S.-Y., Jeon, J.-P., Park, B., Jung, K. J., Jee, S. H., Shim, S.-M., & Park, H.
- Affiliations
- Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital (KR)
- Korea National Institute of Health (KR)
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- Chung-Ang University (KR)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Shim, Sung-Mi
- Park, Hyesook
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Publisher
- XMLink
- Published
- 2025
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- e189-e189
- ISSN
- 1011-8934 (ISSN-L)
- 1598-6357
- PMC
- PMC12170297
- OpenAlex
- W4411196478
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Korean Medical Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Korea National Institute of Health
- Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (2024E052000)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics in Clinical Research
- Keywords
- biospecimen collection, blood samples, urine samples, serum and plasma, DNA, genotyping, genetic markers, public health research
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Biological Specimen Banks, Republic of Korea
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