Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population,^* NHANES 1999-2004

	N (%)
Total	11,946 (100)
Female (%)	6,160 (51.6)
Age (yr), mean (SE)	47.0 (0.2)
Race/ethnicity (%)
Non-Hispanic White	9,315 (78.0)
Non-Hispanic Black	1,182 (9.9)
Hispanic	1,448 (12.1)
Nativity (%)
US-born	10,390 (87.0)
Born outside US	1,556 (13.0)
Marital status (%)
Married or partner	8,293 (69.4)
Never Married	1,090 (9.1)
Widowed, divorced, separated or other	2,563 (21.5)
Education (%)
Less than High School	2,018 (16.9)
High School Graduate or GED	3,077 (25.8)
More than High School	6,851 (57.3)
Income to Poverty Ratio (IPR)	3.9 (0.1)
ratio less than 1	1,223 (10.2)
ratio >=1, < 2	1,966 (16.5)
ratio >=2, < 3	1,904 (15.9)
ratio >=3, < 4	1,752 (14.7)
ratio >=4, < 5	1,535 (12.9)
ratio >=5	3,566 (29.8)
Total cholesterol, mean (SE)	207.5 (0.9)
HDL, mean (SE)	53.0 (0.3)
LDL, mean (SE)	125.7 (1.0)
Hypertension Control	2,249 (18.8)
Systolic Blood Pressure, mean (SE)	122.4 (0.4)
Diastolic Blood Pressure, mean (SE)	74.0 (0.2)
Current smoker	2,922 (24.5)
NSES, mean (SE)	71.5 (0.5)
Framingham Risk Score 2001, mean (SE)	4.1 (0.1)

^*Results are weighted