Table 1.

Unweighted and weighted sample sizes by gender, race/ethnicity, and smoking status for non-missing values of HDL, LDL, TC, and TG for NHANES 1999–2012.

		N	Weighted N	%
HDL	Total	15,092	1,441,274,994	100.0
	Male	7261	693,906,283	48.1
	Female	7831	747,368,711	51.9
	Non-Hispanic White	7245	1,009,503,646	70.0
	Non-Hispanic Black	2859	158,639,515	11.0
	Mexican American	2953	113,347,185	7.9
	Other race/ethnicities	2035	159,784,649	11.1
	Nonsmoker	11,401	1,057,412,610	73.7
	Smoker	3626	377,377,356	26.3
LDL	Total	14,717	1,406,279,496	100.0
	Male	7003	668,584,457	47.5
	Female	7714	737,695,039	52.5
	Non-Hispanic White	7053	983,805,516	70.0
	Non-Hispanic Black	2824	156,746,995	11.1
	Mexican American	2846	109,670,666	7.8
	Other race/ethnicities	1994	156,056,319	11.1
	Nonsmoker	11,140	1,034,353,625	73.9
	Smoker	3514	365,674,864	26.1
TC	Total	15,091	1,441,201,566	100.0
	Male	7261	693,906,283	48.1
	Female	7830	747,295,283	51.9
	Non-Hispanic White	7245	1,009,503,646	70.0
	Non-Hispanic Black	2858	158,566,086	11.0
	Mexican American	2953	113,347,185	7.9
	Other race/ethnicities	2035	159,784,649	11.1
	Nonsmoker	11,400	1,057,339,182	73.7
	Smoker	3626	377,377,356	26.3
TG	Total	15,073	1,439,979,380	100.0
	Male	7250	693,096,765	48.1
	Female	7823	746,882,615	51.9
	Non-Hispanic White	7241	1,008,921,734	70.1
	Non-Hispanic Black	2850	158,238,706	11.0
	Mexican American	2948	113,067,635	7.9
	Other race/ethnicities	2034	159,751,305	11.1
	Nonsmoker	11,388	1,056,627,236	73.7
	Smoker	3620	376,867,116	26.3

HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein, TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.