Table 3.

Proportions of subjects with more than 300 mg/day cholesterol intake across socio-demographic factors, 1991–2011 (%)

	1991		1993		1997		2000		2004		2006		2009		2011
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	p Value*
All	21.4	1.1	21.8	1.1	27.5	0.8	28.2	1.1	30.0	1.0	30.1	0.9	32.1	1.0	33.2	1.0	<0.0001
Age group (years)
60–70	22.2	1.4	22.4	1.4	29.1	1.1	29.9	1.4	31.6	1.4	31.5	1.2	33.2	1.3	34.3	1.3	<0.0001
70–80	20.8	2.0	21.3	2.1	25.7	1.5	26.7	2.0	28.9	1.9	29.0	1.6	31.7	1.7	32.5	1.7	<0.0001
80+	16.0	3.4	17.6	4.1	19.2	2.6	20.6	3.4	23.4	3.7	25.2	2.8	26.1	3.2	29.5	3.6	<0.0001
Gender
Male	24.3	1.7	24.8	1.7	30.0	1.2	30.4	1.7	32.8	1.3	33.0	1.6	33.4	1.5	35.5	1.4	<0.0001
Female	18.7	1.3	18.9	1.5	25.4	1.1	26.3	1.5	27.4	1.2	27.5	1.4	30.8	1.4	31.2	1.3	<0.0001
Income level
Low	15.1	1.7	15.4	1.7	21.7	1.3	22.0	1.6	24.2	1.5	24.6	1.7	26.8	1.5	27.9	1.9	<0.0001
Medium	21.3	2.0	22.1	2.0	28.5	1.5	30.1	1.7	31.4	1.7	31.7	1.8	31.8	1.6	32.3	1.9	<0.0001
High	27.9	2.2	28.1	1.9	31.4	1.6	32.5	1.9	34.4	1.8	34.0	1.9	37.7	1.6	39.4	2.0	<0.0001
Urbanicity index
Low	11.6	1.5	12.1	1.4	15.9	1.4	17.1	1.5	18.9	1.4	19.6	1.2	21.2	1.4	22.1	1.5	<0.0001
Medium	18.3	1.8	18.8	1.9	28.5	2.0	29.9	1.5	31.2	1.4	31.8	1.8	32.6	1.7	33.9	1.8	<0.0001
High	34.3	2.2	34.5	2.3	38.4	2.1	37.6	2.0	39.7	1.9	38.9	1.8	42.4	1.7	43.5	1.8	<0.0001

*Analysis by Cochran-Armitage trend test; results were considered to be significant when p<0.05.