Table 1.

Hazard ratio analyses exclusions table.

Exclusion Description	NHANES III 1988–1994		All 1988–2018
	Exclusions n	Total Exclusions	Exclusions n	Total Exclusions
Total sample	19,215		76,324
Dietary recall incomplete	2882	2882	9418	9418
Pregnant or lactating female	385	3267	2198	11,616
Dietary intake missing kcal = 0	0	3267	6	11,622
Not mortality eligible	10	3277	92	11,714
Told by doctor had diabetes	1292	4569	8145	19,859
Told by doctor had MI *	583	5152	1941	21,800
Told by doctor had CHF *	203	5355	723	22,523
Told by doctor had stroke	230	5585	1118	23,641
Told by doctor had cancer	867	6452	3790	27,431
Education level missing	81	6533	119	27,550
Current smoking missing	1	6534	58	27,608
Physical activity level missing	220	6754	228	27,836
BMI missing	23	6777	424	28,260
Mortality Analysis n	12,438		48,064

* MI, myocardial infarction; CHF, chronic heart failure.