TABLE 2.

Summary of the distribution of percent of usual energy intake from saturated fat in the total US population and selected age-gender subgroups, 2001–2004¹²

			Percentile
Subpopulation	n	Mean ± SE	5	10	25	50	75	90	95
Males and females		%	%
1–3 y	1515	12.71 ± 0.15	9.05	9.78	11.04	12.57	14.23	15.82	16.85
4–8 y	1701	11.55 ± 0.18	8.37	8.99	10.10	11.43	12.88	14.26	15.14
Males
9–13 y	1061	11.78 ± 0.12	8.31	9.01	10.23	11.67	13.23	14.68	15.62
14–18 y	1424	11.36 ± 0.12	8.16	8.82	9.94	11.26	12.67	14.03	14.88
19–30 y	1100	10.77 ± 0.22	7.71	8.34	9.44	10.70	12.04	13.30	14.13
31–50 y	1466	10.89 ± 0.16	7.79	8.43	9.52	10.80	12.16	13.48	14.30
51–70 y	1252	11.18 ± 0.14	7.83	8.52	9.69	11.07	12.55	13.99	14.86
≥71 y	832	11.03 ± 0.20	7.53	8.24	9.46	10.91	12.46	13.97	14.90
≥19 y	4650	10.95 ± 0.09	7.76	8.41	9.54	10.85	12.26	13.62	14.49
Females
9–13 y	1112	11.76 ± 0.15	8.22	8.93	10.16	11.64	13.21	14.75	15.74
14–18 y	1362	11.26 ± 0.17	7.81	8.50	9.70	11.13	12.69	14.19	15.12
19–30 y	1325	10.79 ± 0.17	7.51	8.16	9.30	10.67	12.15	13.56	14.48
31–50 y	1595	11.15 ± 0.17	7.70	8.39	9.61	11.03	12.57	14.07	15.00
51–70 y	1284	10.94 ± 0.16	7.43	8.13	9.35	10.80	12.40	13.94	14.90
≥71 y	860	10.73 ± 0.15	7.12	7.84	9.10	10.60	12.19	13.79	14.79
≥19 y	5064	10.96 ± 0.12	7.50	8.20	9.41	10.84	12.39	13.89	14.85
All persons
≥1 y	17,889	11.16 ± 0.07	7.76	8.45	9.63	11.03	12.55	14.03	14.98

¹Estimated from data on 17,899 participants in NHANES.

²Percent of usual energy intake from fat = 100 × [usual intake of fat (kJ)] / [usual intake of energy (kJ)].