Changing Trends in the Prevalence and Disparities of Obesity and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of USA Adults

Table 1

Demographic characteristics among NHW, NHB, and MA adults, by period I (1988–1994) and period II (1999–2004).

		Non-Hispanic White		Non-Hispanic Black		Mexican American
		NH 88–94; (𝑛 = 6,028)	NH 99–04; (𝑛 = 6,253)	NH 88–94; (𝑛 = 4,009)	NH 99–04; (𝑛 = 2,434)	NH 88–94; (𝑛 = 3,734)	NH 99–04; (𝑛 = 2,766)
Sex	Male	48.3	48.4	44.5	43.9	51.6	53.1
	Female	51.7	51.6	55.5	56.1	48.4	46.9
Age, years	25–34	25.6	19.2	32.1	24.6	39.8	37.3
	35–44	25.0	23.7	29.0	27.5	28.5	29.1
	45–54	16.7	23.0	13.8	22.2	15.2	17.5
	55–64	14.0	14.5	12.2	13.3	9.0	8.6
	65–74	12.4	11.7	8.8	8.2	5.7	5.4
	75–84	6.2	7.9	4.1	4.3	1.7	2.1
Education	<HS	20.1	13.8	32.9	33.4	59.5	55.0
	HS	34.8	27.6	36.9	24.4	22.2	19.6
	>HS	45.1	58.6	30.2	42.2	18.3	25.4

Values are percentages.
NH: NHANES, HS: high school.