Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Characteristic	Mean (SD) or % (95% confidence intervals) (N=9,608)
Age, years	39.4 (4.7)
Male gender, %	48.9% (47.8% – 50.1%)
Race, Caucasian, %	68.3% (65.9% – 70.8%)
African American, %	10.7% (9.5% – 12.0%)
Hispanic, %	15.1% (13.6% – 16.7%)
Other, %	5.8% (4.6% – 7.1%)
Hypertension, %	18.6% (17.4% – 19.8%)
Systolic Blood Pressure, mmHg	117.00 (11.3)
Diastolic Blood Pressure, mmHg	73.11 (8.7)
Current smokers, %	26.6% (25.3% – 28.0%)
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL	201.0(32.4)
High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, mg/dL	52.5 (13.2)
Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, mg/dL	120.4 (27.4)†
10 year ASCVD risk#, %	1.9 (2.2)
Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol 160–189 mg/dL, %	69.5% (8.4% – 10.6%)†
Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol ≥190 mg/dL, %	2.9% (2.3% – 3.5%) †

^†Among 4,275 eligible NHANES participants in the morning examination subsample.

^#Risk calculated using 2013 ACC/AHA sex and race specific Pooled Cohort equations