1 Computation of probabilities and quantiles

With the support of the US Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Global Affairs and the Global Health Communication Center in the Indiana

Depart- ment of Health and Human services, National institutes of Health, National cancer institute; and Geneva, cH: World Health Organization;

Frederick Fridinger, Dr.P.H., C.H.E.S., Public Health Educator, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,

Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2 Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, School for Nutrition, Toxicology and

14 Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at

Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2005

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Table 1 The studies used for the synthesis: NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Exam- ination Survey; ARIC: Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities; PHS: Physicians Health Study;