TABLE 1.
Sample demographics of the University of California, Los Angeles Energetics Study
| Total (n = 233) | |
| Race [n (%)] | |
| White | 118 (50.6) |
| African American | 115 (49.4) |
| Sex [n (%)] | |
| Female | 158 (67.8) |
| Male | 75 (32.2) |
| Age (y) | 33.3 ± 12.51 |
| Age [n (%)] | |
| 21–30 y | 95 (40.8) |
| >30–50 y | 87 (37.3) |
| >50–69 y | 51 (21.9) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.0 ± 6.1 |
| BMI [n (%)] | |
| <25 kg/m2 | 112 (48.1) |
| 25–30 kg/m2 | 68 (29.2) |
| >30 kg/m2 | 53 (22.8) |
| Education [n (%)] | |
| Less than high school | 1 (0.4) |
| High school graduate | 6 (2.6) |
| Some college | 86 (36.9) |
| College graduate | 105 (45.1) |
| Postgraduate | 35 (15.0) |
| Serum lipids (mg/dL) | |
| Cholesterol | 169 ± 40.5 |
| Triglycerides | 77 ± 62.4 |
| Supplement users (%) | |
| Single vitamin E | 2 |
| Multivitamins | 14 |
1
Median ± SD (all such values).