TABLE 6.

Comparison of the mean ratio of usual intakes to the mean usual ratio for percent energy from saturated fat in the total U.S. population and selected age-gender subgroups, 2001–2004¹

Subpopulation	n	Ratio of usual intakes	Usual ratio	Difference
Males and females		%
1–3 y	1515	12.71 ± 0.15	12.67 ± 0.15	−0.05 ± 0.05
4–8 y	1701	11.55 ± 0.18	11.50 ± 0.17	−0.05 ± 0.03
Males
9–13 y	1061	11.78 ± 0.12	11.53 ± 0.13	−0.26 ± 0.06
14–18 y	1424	11.36 ± 0.12	11.21 ± 0.13	−0.15 ± 0.04
19–30 y	1100	10.77 ± 0.22	10.73 ± 0.21	−0.04 ± 0.05
31–50 y	1466	10.89 ± 0.16	10.77 ± 0.15	−0.12 ± 0.04
51–70 y	1252	11.18 ± 0.14	11.00 ± 0.15	−0.18 ± 0.05
≥71 y	832	11.03 ± 0.20	10.78 ± 0.21	−0.25 ± 0.06
≥19 y	4650	10.95 ± 0.09	10.82 ± 0.08	−0.13 ± 0.04
Females
9–13 y	1112	11.76 ± 0.15	11.56 ± 0.15	−0.20 ± 0.03
14–18 y	1362	11.26 ± 0.17	11.08 ± 0.17	−0.18 ± 0.05
19–30 y	1325	10.79 ± 0.17	10.65 ± 0.16	−0.14 ± 0.04
31–50 y	1595	11.15 ± 0.17	11.05 ± 0.19	−0.11 ± 0.04
51–70 y	1284	10.94 ± 0.16	10.77 ± 0.16	−0.17 ± 0.05
≥71 y	860	10.73 ± 0.15	10.48 ± 0.15	−0.24 ± 0.05
≥19 y	5064	10.96 ± 0.12	10.82 ± 0.12	−0.15 ± 0.04
All persons
≥1 y	17,889	11.16 ± 0.07	11.02 ± 0.07	−0.14 ± 0.02

¹Values are means ± SE, estimated from data on 17,889 participants in NHANES.