Race Gender Smoking Status Characteristica Black White P-valuec Male Female P-valuec Smokers Non-smokers P-valuec                     Number of samples 18 (9M, 9F; 17 (9M, 8F;   18 (9B, 9W; 17 (9B, 8W;   19 (10M, 9F; 16 (8M, 8F;   9S, 9NS) 10S, 7NS)   10S, 8NS) 9S, 8NS)   9B, 10W) 9B, 7W)     Age (y) 26  ± 2 25  ± 2 0.148 26  ± 3 25  ± 2 0.627 26  ± 3 25  ± 2 0.516   BMI (kg/m2) 28.0 ± 3.56 24.1 ± 1.64 2.20E-04 25.7 ± 2.21 26.6 ± 4.35 0.410 26.9 ± 3.94 25.2 ± 2.42 0.143 Dietary Fatb                     Animal Fat (g) 59.7 ± 21.82 39.2 ± 9.84 1.38E-03 54.3 ± 22.47 45.0 ± 15.78 0.168 57.9 ± 22.03 40.1 ± 11.01 5.905E-03   Vegetable Fat (g) 39.2 ± 14.5 27.3 ± 5.67 3.77E-03 35.0 ± 13.0 31.7 ± 12.1 0.431 38.9 ± 14.0 26.9 ± 6.17 3.340E-03   Cholesterol (mg) 389 ± 142 248 ± 64.7 8.06E-04 356 ± 155 283 ± 88.2 0.097 371.2 ± 146.33 261 ± 77.8 0.010

aBetween 4 and 6 individual plasma specimens were pooled by race, gender and smoking status. bDietary fats and fatty acids were compiled from standardized food frequency questionnaires applied to individual subjects and averaged for pooled-plasma specimens in the current investigation. cBased on Student’s t-test.

Table 1: Characteristics and estimated intake of dietary fat across subjects represented by pooled plasma samples.