Table 1.
Weighted characteristics of participants in seven National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 2005 to 2018.
| 2005–2006 (n = 4459) |
2007–2008 (n = 5084) |
2009–2010 (n = 5399) |
2011–2012 (n = 4801) |
2013–2014 (n = 5094) |
2015–2016 (n = 4846) |
2017–2018 (n = 4488) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 46.20 (0.75) | 46.51 (0.43) | 46.84 (0.51) | 47.04 (0.88) | 47.38 (0.38) | 47.59 (0.57) | 48.10 (0.65) |
| Women, unweighted No. (Weighted %) | 2326 (51.94) | 2585 (51.82) | 2785 (51.96) | 2442 (51.82) | 2661 (51.82) | 2518 (52.17) | 2320 (51.77) |
| Race, unweighted No. (Weighted %) | |||||||
| Hispanic a | 1012 (11.05) | 1388 (12.73) | 1439 (12.72) | 944 (13.90) | 1072 (13.89) | 1447 (14.69) | 954 (14.48) |
| NH-Caucasian | 2240 (72.13) | 2436 (70.23) | 2691 (69.54) | 1822 (67.47) | 2240(66.75) | 1647 (65.16) | 1637 (64.27) |
| NH-African American | 1026 (11.51) | 1052 (11.04) | 975 (11.11) | 1243 (11.08) | 1048 (11.36) | 1010 (11.00) | 1019 (10.83) |
| NH-Other | 181(5.31) | 208 (6.00) | 294 (6.63) | 792 (7.55) | 734 (8.00) | 742 (9.15) | 878 (10.42) |
| Education level, unweighted No. (Weighted %) | |||||||
| <high school | 1205 (17.28) | 1545 (20.16) | 1474 (18.31) | 1082 (15.80) | 1049 (14.66) | 1099 (13.76) | 829 (10.40) |
| High school graduate/GED or equivalent | 1065 (24.92) | 1250 (25.07) | 1242 (22.79) | 1002 (19.87) | 1141 (21.74) | 1058 (20.72) | 1081 (27.25) |
| Some college | 1283 (31.40) | 1318 (29.01) | 1544 (30.52) | 1470 (32.32) | 1601 (33.12) | 1459 (32.60) | 1480 (31.22) |
| ≥college | 906 (26.40) | 971 (25.76) | 1139 (28.38) | 1247 (32.01) | 1303 (30.48) | 1230 (32.92) | 1098 (31.13) |
| PIR, unweighted No. (Weighted %) | |||||||
| <1.3 | 1166 (17.18) | 1551 (20.50) | 1813 (21.68) | 1724 (24.85) | 1759 (24.79) | 1567 (21.00) | 1274 (20.06) |
| 1.3–3.5 | 1757 (37.85) | 1979 (35.01) | 2023 (36.49) | 1629 (34.08) | 1749 (34.34) | 1924 (36.78) | 1855 (35.92) |
| ≥3.5 | 1536 (44.97) | 1554 (44.49) | 1561 (41.82) | 1448 (41.07) | 1586 (40.87) | 1355 (42.21) | 1359 (44.02) |
Abbreviations: NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NH-Caucasian = Non-Hispanic Caucasian; NH-African American = Non-Hispanic African American; NH-Other = Non-Hispanic other; GED = General Educational Development; PIR = poverty income ratio. a Hispanic includes Mexican American and other Hispanic.