International Journal of Pediatrics / 2012 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Postnatal Acute Famine and Risk of Overweight: The Dutch Hungerwinter Study Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population according to age at famine (0–9 years, 10–17 years, or ≥18 years) and level of famine exposure (none, moderate, or severe).
Age at famine 0–9 years 10–17 years ≥18 years Level of famine exposure Level of famine exposure Level of famine exposure None Moderate Severe None Moderate Severe None Moderate Severe Number (%) 2148 (49) 1612 (36) 665 (15) 1345 (42) 1247 (39) 587 (19) 182 (37) 219 (45) 86 (18) General characteristics Age at start of the famine (years)a 4.2 (0–10) 4.6 (0–10) 5.5 (0–10) 13.8 (10–18) 14.1 (10–18) 13.6 (10–18) 18.8 (18–21) 19.1 (18–21) 19.2 (18–21) Age at recruitment (years)a 54.9 (49–63) 55.2 (49–63) 56.2 (49–63) 64.6 (59–70) 64.8 (59–70) 64.0 (59–70) 68.9 (67–70) 69.0 (67–70) 69.1 (67–70) Body size Height (cm)b 165.4 (5.9) 165.1 (5.8) 164.9 (6.1) 163.4 (5.7) 163.0 (5.9) 163.1 (6.0) 161.9 (6.2) 162.7 (5.9) 161.3 (6.4) Dietary intake Total energy intake (kcal)b 1829 (436) 1817 (428) 1811 (450) 1740 (423) 1750 (405) 1677 (417) 1703 (435) 1663 (400) 1659 (524) Total protein intake (g)b 73.7 (18.4) 72.6 (17.5) 72.9 (18.4) 70.4 (17.0) 70.0 (17.2) 67.5 (16.8) 69.0 (17.1) 68.9 (18.1) 67.6 (22.2) Total fat intake (g)b 72.9 (22.9) 72.3 (22.6) 72.4 (24.1) 68.3 (22.0) 69.6 (21.8) 65.8 (21.9) 67.3 (23.9) 65.1 (20.5) 64.4 (25.1) Total carbohydrate intake (g)b 201.6 (53.5) 201.3 (52.0) 200.5 (53.4) 199.0 (52.7) 198.4 (51.1) 191.8 (52.2) 194.2 (50.3) 190.1 (48.7) 193.5 (65.8) Lifestyle Education in 3 categoriesc Low 934 (43) 639 (40) 311 (47) 788 (59) 645 (52) 306 (52) 123 (68) 114 (52) 52 (60) Intermediate 832 (39) 659 (41) 256 (38) 450 (33) 456 (37) 228 (39) 50 (27) 79 (36) 23 (27) High 377 (18) 313 (19) 98 (15) 104 (8) 145 (12) 53 (9) 9 (5) 26 (12) 11 (13) Smoking (pack years)b 6.0 (9.2) 6.6 (9.4) 8.1 (10.5) 5.4 (9.4) 6.7 (10.9) 8.0 (11.7) 3.1 (6.1) 6.2 (9.6) 6.2 (10.3) Alcohol intake (g/day)b 10.1 (1.3) 10.1 (1.3) 9.3 (1.3) 6.7 (1.0) 7.1 (1.0) 6.7 (1.2) 6.3 (1.0) 5.9 (9.3) 5.0 (7.0)
a Median (min-max), b Mean (SD), c Number (%).