Food Security and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Adult Americans

Table 1

Sample size and weighted characteristics of NHANES 1999–2002 adult participants.

		ALL
		N	Weighted distributions of the participants
Sex	Men	5226	48.0%
	Women	5661	52.0%
Age (years), Mean ± SEM		10,888	44.1 ± 0.3
Race/ethnicity	White (non-Hispanic)	7665	70.4%
	Non-Hispanic Black	1186	10.9%
	Mexican-American	751	6.9%
	Other Hispanic	773	7.1%
	Other	511	4.7%
Education level	Less than high school	2362	21.7%
	Completed high school	2787	25.6%
	More than high school	5705	52.5%

NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.