Table 3. Proportions of salt behaviors by race/ethnicity, NHANES 2011-12.
| Hispanic | White | Black | Asian American (ref) | Other | ||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| Salt added at table, n=3,331 | ||||||||||
| Rarely | 52.8 | (47.3, 58.1) | 41.7a | (37.5, 46.0) | 48.5a | (42.7, 54.4) | 57.3 | (51.4, 63.1) | 48.3a | (41.4, 55.2) |
| Occasionally | 26.9 | (22.0, 32.5) | 38.1a | (32.8, 43.7) | 29.9 | (25.5, 34.7) | 26.2 | (21.5, 31.5) | 27.6 | (18.9, 38.2) |
| Very often | 20.3 | (16.0, 25.5) | 20.3 | (15.6, 25.8) | 21.5 | (17.7, 26.0) | 16.5 | (11.9, 22.4) | 24.2 | (16.1, 34.6) |
| Salt used in preparation, n=4,978 | ||||||||||
| Never | 4.4a | (3.2, 6.0) | 8.6a | (6.9, 10.6) | 7.5a | (5.9, 9.5) | 2.4 | (1.7, 3.5) | 7.7b | (3.3, 16.9) |
| Rarely | 15.2a | (12.4, 18.5) | 20.9a | (18.9, 23.1) | 14.9a | (12.0, 18.4) | 10.2 | (7.3, 14.1) | 16.8b | (7.8, 32.4) |
| Occasionally | 29.8 | (25.7, 34.3) | 39.7a | (36.2, 43.3) | 32.6 | (28.5, 37.1) | 30.0 | (26.7, 33.4) | 33.8b | (23.6, 45.8) |
| Very often | 50.6 | (46.1, 55.1) | 30.8a | (26.7, 35.4) | 44.9a | (42.1, 47.8) | 57.4 | (52.4, 62.3) | 41.8ab | (28.7, 56.1) |
a. Significant at P<.05 compared with Asian.
b. Estimate’s relative standard error (a measure of estimate precision) is >30% or the sample size is <50, making the estimate potentially unreliable.