TABLE 2—

The Results of Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test Over Time for Different Adult Racial/Ethnic and Gender Subpopulations: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 1971–2010

	NHANES I		NHANES II		NHANES III		1999–2000		2001–2002		2003–2004		2005–2006		2007–2008		2009–2010
Subpopulations	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value	K-S Test Statistics	Critical Value
Non-Hispanic White
Female	0.007	0.018	0.007	0.018	0.012	0.015	0.033a	0.029a	0.015	0.027	0.014	0.028	0.022	0.028	0.018	0.028	0.009	0.028
Male	0.000	0.018	0.018	0.018	0.015	0.015	0.025	0.029	0.016	0.027	0.012	0.029	0.019	0.028	0.026	0.029	0.019	0.029
Non-Hispanic Black
Female	0.000	0.051	0.044	0.050	0.015	0.037	0.064	0.069	0.048	0.065	0.052	0.067	0.016	0.065	0.058	0.066	0.029	0.064
Male	0.000	0.057	0.026	0.055	0.032	0.041	0.070	0.076	0.059	0.073	0.024	0.074	0.058	0.072	0.039	0.073	0.040	0.071
Mexican American
Female	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	0.000	0.057	0.046	0.093	0.040	0.085	0.047	0.085	0.037	0.083	0.011	0.083	0.021	0.079
Male	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	0.000	0.055	0.041	0.091	0.041	0.082	0.041	0.080	0.049	0.078	0.030	0.076	0.037	0.074

Note. K-S =  Kolmogorov–Smirnov; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

^aSignificance level = 95%.