Table 1.

Baseline characteristics—2001–2010 NHANES (n = 11,630).

	% or Mean ± SEM (n = 11,630)
Age (years):
Mean ± SEM	48.78 ± 0.23
Sex:
Male	48.5
Female	51.5
Race/Ethnicity:
Mexican American	7.9
Other Hispanic	4.6
Non-Hispanic White	72.9
Non-Hispanic Black	9.5
Other	5.0
Education:
<Less Than 9th Grade	6.3
9–11th Grade	10.9
High School Graduate/General Education Development or Equivalent	24.4
Some College or AA degree	29.4
College Graduate or above	28.9
Marital status:
Married/Living with partner	71.5
Other	28.5
Poverty-income ratio:
<100%	9.9
100%–<200%	17.3
≥200%	72.8
Smoking status:
Never smoker	52.9
Ex-smoker	25.2
Current smoker	21.8
Alcohol consumption (≥12 glasses in the past 12 months):
Yes	65.8
No	34.2
Physical activity:
Yes	38.9
No	61.1
Body mass index (kg/m2):
Mean ± SEM	28.59 ± 0.09
<25.0	29.8
25.0–29.9	36.1
≥30.0	33.9
Self-rated health:
Excellent/Very good/Good	83.8
Fair/Poor	16.2

Abbreviations: NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, SEM = Standard error of the mean.