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Table 1 Population characteristics in the ABCD cohort by ethnicity (n = 2769)

From: Ethnicity and socioeconomic status are related to dietary patterns at age 5 in the Amsterdam born children and their development (ABCD) cohort

Population characteristics

Total population (n = 2769)

Dutch (n = 2283, 82.4%)

Surinamese (n = 116, 4.2%)

Moroccan (n = 112, 4.1%)

Turkish (n = 61, 2.2%)

other ethnicities (n = 197, 7.1%)

Age, in year (Mean, SD)

5.7, 0.5

5.7, 0.5

5.8, 0.5

6.0, 0.6

5.9, 0.5

5.7, 0.5

Boy, n (%)

1415 (51.1)

1166 (51.1)

58 (50.0)

64 (57.1)

34 (55.7)

93 (47.2)

Socioeconomic status, n (%)

 Low

313 (11.3)

145 (6.4)

38 (32.8)

48 (42.9)

33 (54.1)

49 (24.9)

 Middle

980 (35.4)

759 (33.2)

57 (49.1)

55 (49.1)

25 (41.0)

84 (42.6)

 High

1476 (53.3)

1379 (60.4)

21 (18.1)

9.(8.0)

3 (4.9)

64 (32.5)

Maternal age (Mean, SD)

32.3, 4.3

32.8, 3.8

30.6, 5.8

27.9, 4.9

27.1, 6.0

31.5, 4.8

  1. Ethnicity was based on the country of birth of the pregnant woman and her mother including both first-generation women and second generation women. SES was based on maternal educational: low SES (≤ 6y), middle SES (6-10y) and high SES (≥10y) post-primary education.