TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics in US adults by sex: NHANES 2011–2014¹

	Men	Women
Characteristic	(n = 4395)	(n = 4382)
Age, y	45.9 ± 0.5	47.7 ± 0.5
BMI, kg/m2	28.7 ± 0.1	29.2 ± 0.2
Race/ethnicity, %
Non-Hispanic white	68	68
Non-Hispanic black	10	11
Hispanic	15	14
Non-Hispanic Asian	4	5
Current smoker, %
Yes	21	17
No	79	83
Taking blood pressure medication, %
Yes	25	27
No	75	73
Blood pressure, mm Hg
Systolic	123 ± 0.4	120 ± 0.4
Diastolic	72 ± 0.3	70 ± 0.3
Hypertension (systolic blood pressure >130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure >80 mm Hg), %	35	29

¹Values are means ± SEs unless otherwise stated.