Table 1.

Age-adjusted^a weighted characteristics of men 40 years and older by cholesterol-lowering drug use, NHANES 2001 – 2004

	Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Useb
	No	Yes
N	2,076 (81.2%)	498 (18.8%)
Age (years)
mean (se)	53.4 (0.3)	60.0 (0.5)
Race % (se)
Non-Hispanic white	79.5 (2.2)	84.9 (2.4)
Non-Hispanic black	8.9 (1.0)	5.8 (1.0)
Mexican-American	5.2 (1.1)	2.5 (0.6)
Other Hispanic	3.9 (1.2)	4.3 (1.8)
Other	2.6 (0.6)	2.5 (0.7)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
mean (se)	28.3 (0.1)	29.8 (0.5)
Cigarette Smoking % (se)
never	37.5 (1.6)	37.8 (2.5)
former	38.8 (1.2)	43.6 (2.2)
current	23.6 (1.1)	18.6 (1.8)

^aStandardized to 2000 Census US age distribution

^b91% of users took a statin