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Table 2 NHANES Lipid Data (Age-Matched Nationally Representative Population), Years 2003-16

From: Screening and socioeconomic associations of dyslipidemia in young adults

Average 2003-16 NHANES Lipid Values by Race, Gender, and Incomeb,c

 

N: 4370

Total Cholesterol

HDL-Ca

N: 2221

Triglyceride

Race

 Caucasian

1610

172.7 (171.1, 174.4)

47.0 (46.0, 48.0)

781

106.3 (101.1, 111.5)

 African-American

1137

168.8 (167.0, 170.6)

50.6 (49.3, 51.8)

575

75.3 (71.7, 79.0)

 Mexican

771

170.4 (168.1, 172.6)

48.1 (46.8, 49.4)

400

110.6 (103.7, 117.4)

 Hispanic

333

167.9 (164.3, 171.4)

48.1 (46.2, 50.0)

181

104.0 (94.8, 113.1)

 Others

519

172.8 (169.9, 175.6)

50.0 (48.3, 51.6)

284

90.2 (84.0, 96.5)

Income

 High

745

171.6 (169.3, 174.0)

47.0 (45.6, 48.5)

408

99.5 (94.1, 104.9)

 Medium

1521

172.0 (170.5, 173.6)

48.1 (47.2, 49.0)

792

97.9 (93.9, 101.8)

 Low

1902

171.2 (169.6, 172.9)

48.3 (47.3, 49.3)

1021

105.4 (99.6, 111.2)

Gender

 Female

2304

174.5 (173.1, 175.9)

51.6 (50.8, 52.5)

1187

93.8 (90.2, 97.5)

 Male

2066

168.8 (167.4, 170.1)

44.1 (43.3, 44.9)

1034

107.4 (103.0, 111.9)

  1. aHDL-C High-Density Lipoprotein
  2. bAll data measured in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) and are available from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Data are presented as means followed by 95% confidence interval in parentheses. As in Table 1, adjustment is made for race, gender, financial need status, athletic participation and Age. P-Values less than 0.05 are considered significant and underlined and bolded
  3. cPost-hoc multiple pair-wise comparison using Tukey’s adjustment