Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Adult Respondents age 40 years or older in NHANES, 2001–2004
| Women | Men | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (Full sample, raw) | 3,459 | 3,326 | 6,785 |
| N (Complete data, raw) | 3,385 | 3,276 | 6,661 |
| N (Complete, weighted)* | 57,158,940 | 62,677,130 | 119,836,070 |
| Age (y) | 57.5 (56.8–58.3) | 55.6 (55.2–56.1) | 56.6 (56.1–57.2) |
| Race/Ethnicity (%) | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 76.7 (72.1–81.2) | 79.0 (74.9–83.1) | 77.8 (73.5–82.0) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 10.9 (7.9–13.9) | 9.2 (7.1–11.2) | 10.1 (7.6–12.6) |
| All Hispanic | 8.5 (5.1–11.8) | 8.7 (5.4–12.1) | 8.6 (5.3–11.9) |
| Other/Multiracial | 3.9 (2.8–5.0) | 3.1 (1.9–4.2) | 3.5 (2.6–4.4) |
| Education (%) | |||
| Less than high school | 20.3 (17.8–22.8) | 18.1 (16.3–19.9) | 19.2 (17.2–21.2) |
| High school diploma | 27.0 (25.2–28.8) | 25.2 (23.2–27.1) | 26.1 (24.8–27.5) |
| Some college/assoc | 30.8 (28.2–33.4) | 27.9 (26.0–29.7) | 29.4 (27.6–31.2) |
| College degree+ | 21.6 (19.5–23.8) | 28.6 (25.7–31.5) | 25.0 (22.7–27.3) |
| Refused, unk, missing | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) |
| Leisure-time activity | |||
| No LTPA (%) | 43.3 (40.9–45.7) | 37.4 (34.7–40.1) | 40.5 (38.4–42.5) |
| Insufficient (%) | 20.7 (18.6–22.8) | 16.9 (15.5–18.3) | 18.9 (17.6–20.1) |
| Meeting GL (%) | 36.0 (33.2–38.7) | 45.7 (42.5–48.9) | 40.6 (38.0–43.2) |
| Physical activity (all) | |||
| No PA (%) | 23.7 (21.7–25.8) | 15.4 (13.3–17.4) | 19.8 (18.1–21.5) |
| Insufficient (%) | 18.9 (16.9–20.8) | 16.0 (14.3–17.6) | 17.5 (16.1–18.9) |
| Meeting GL (%) | 57.4 (54.7–60.0) | 68.6 (66.2–71.1) | 62.8 (60.5–65.0) |
LTPA = Leisure-time physical activity, GL = guidelines.
All values take into account sampling weights, except raw N. Values are % (95% confidence interval) except age, which is mean (95% confidence interval)
*
NHANES results are weighted to produce estimates applicable to the general, non-institutionalized US population