Research Article

Relationship of Lifestyle Medical Advice and Non-HDL Cholesterol Control of a Nationally Representative US Sample with Hypercholesterolemia by Race/Ethnicity

Table 3

Percent of adults given and following medical advice.

Given the recommendation to lower serum cholesterolPercent given the advice who are following the recommendationSE

Told to eat less high-fat or high-cholesterol foods 81.8% (yes)82.8 (80.7, 84.7)1.0
Told to control weight or lose weight 59.4% (yes)84.0 (81.3, 86.3)1.2
Told to increase physical activity or exercise 69.9% (yes)78.0 (75.4, 80.3)1.2

Results are given as [mean (95% CI) SE].