Table 1.
Percentages of US adults by population characteristics in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2003–2016).
| No. of Participants (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | 2005–2006 | 2007–2008 | 2009–2010 | 2011–2012 | 2013–2014 | 2015–2016 | |
| All | 4354 | 4330 | 5265 | 5586 | 4713 | 4972 | 4879 |
| Sex Age | |||||||
| Men 19–45 y | 1039 (23.9) | 1091 (25.2) | 1160 (22.0) | 1226 (21.9) | 1143 (24.3) | 1128 (22.7) | 1060 (21.7) |
| Men 46+ y | 1159 (26.6) | 1128 (26.1) | 1467 (27.9) | 1516 (27.1) | 1223 (25.9) | 1264 (25.4) | 1319 (27.0) |
| Women 19–45 y | 953 (21.9) | 1046 (24.2) | 1150 (21.8) | 1335 (23.9) | 1084 (23.0) | 1192 (24.0) | 1123 (23.0) |
| Women 46+ y | 1203 (27.6) | 1065 (24.6) | 1488 (28.3) | 1509 (27.0) | 1263 (26.8) | 1388 (27.9) | 1377 (28.2) |
| Socioeconomic status 1 | |||||||
| High | 904 (20.8) | 1046 (24.2) | 1092 (20.7) | 1132 (20.3) | 1098 (23.3) | 1211 (24.4) | 1022 (20.9) |
| Medium | 2853 (65.5) | 2756 (63.6) | 3401 (64.6) | 3684 (66.0) | 3033 (64.4) | 3182 (64.0) | 3296 (67.6) |
| Low | 597 (13.7) | 528 (12.2) | 772 (14.7) | 770 (13.8) | 582 (12.3) | 579 (11.6) | 561 (11.5) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Hispanic | 988 (22.7) | 979 (22.6) | 1437 (27.3) | 1513 (27.1) | 888 (18.8) | 1084 (21.8) | 1459 (29.9) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 2309 (53.0) | 2150 (49.7) | 2508 (47.6) | 2750 (49.2) | 1816 (38.5) | 2217 (44.6) | 1681 (34.5) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 890 (20.4) | 1028 (23.7) | 1113 (21.1) | 1030 (18.4) | 1269 (26.9) | 996 (20.0) | 1036 (21.2) |
| Other race | 167 (3.8) | 173 (4.0) | 207 (3.9) | 293 (5.2) | 740 (15.7) | 675 (13.6) | 703 (14.4) |
| BMI 2 | |||||||
| Underweight | 74 (1.7) | 73 (1.7) | 93 (1.7) | 92 (1.6) | 96 (2.0) | 87 (1.7) | 69 (1.4) |
| Normal weight | 1361 (31.3) | 1307 (30.2) | 1473 (28.0) | 1516 (27.1) | 1422 (30.2) | 1421 (28.6) | 1264 (25.9) |
| Overweight | 1512 (34.7) | 1457 (33.6) | 1810 (34.4) | 1858 (33.3) | 1490 (31.6) | 1587 (31.9) | 1561 (32.0) |
| Obese | 1407 (32.3) | 1493 (34.9) | 1889 (35.9) | 2120 (38.0) | 1705 (36.2) | 1877 (37.8) | 1905 (40.7) |
y, years. 1 Socioeconomic status were defined based on educational attainment (EA) and a poverty income ratio (PIR), participants were classified into high (more than 12 completed years of EA and a PIR of at least 3.5), low (less than 12 years of EA and a PIR less than 1.30), and medium (others). 2 Body mass index (BMI) was defined as weight divided by height squared and participants were classified into underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (≥30 kg/m2).