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. 2019 Jun 3;127(6):067001. doi: 10.1289/EHP3431

Table 1.

Characteristics of the ABCD cohort at 11 y of age, by satellite LAN levels in tertiles (N=3,021).

Characteristic Low VIIRS-DNBa Medium VIIRS-DNBa High VIIRS-DNBa p-Value
n 1,008 1,006 1,007
Girls [n (%)] 514 (51.0) 513 (51.0) 506 (50.3) 0.91
Boys [n (%)] 496 (49.0) 493 (49.0) 501 (49.7)
Age [y (mean±SD)] 12.4±0.6 12.3±0.6 12.5±0.6 0.30
Maternal education [n (%)]
 Low 51 (5.1) 98 (9.7) 102 (10.1)
 Medium 157 (15.6) 213 (21.2) 154 (15.3)
 High 792 (78.6) 677 (67.3) 730 (72.5)
 Missing 8 (0.8) 18 (1.8) 21 (2.1) <0.001
NO2b 23.3 (20.5–26.5) 28.4 (25.2–31.3) 35.8 (32.6–39.2) <0.001
PM10b 24.6 (24.2–25.2) 25.5 (24.8–26.4) 27.8 (26.8–28.8) <0.001
Green 100-m bufferc 2,364 (418–5,979) 2,201 (427–5,044) 0 (0–2,570) <0.001
Green 1,000-m bufferc 1.19×106 (0.79×1061.54×106) 0.71×106 (0.52×1060.93×106) 0.30×106 (0.15×1060.53×106) <0.001
Ruralityd 3 (2–4) 2 (1–2) 1 (1–1) <0.001
Population density 3,915 (2,165–6,392) 7,030 (5,026–8,990) 11,436 (7,541–18,266) <0.001
Area SEP 34 (29–38) 35 (29–40) 39 (34–45) <0.001

Note: Values are medians (25th–75th percentiles) unless otherwise indicated. p-Values were derived with chi-square tests (sex) and Kruskal-Wallis tests on all other characteristics. ABCD, Amsterdam Born Children and their Development; LAN, light at night; NO2, nitrogen dioxide; PM10, particulate matter less than 10μm in aerodynamic diameter; SD, standard deviation; SEP, socioeconomic position; VIIRS-DNB, Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night band.

a

Categories of low, medium, and high satellite-measured LAN exposure based on tertiles of VIIRS-DNB. Cutoffs between tertiles low-medium and medium-high were 16.6 and 28.9  nW/cm2/sr, respectively.

b

Air pollutants NO2 and PM10 are modeled average values in micrograms per cubic meter.

c

Green buffer corresponds to the amount of square meters of green in a buffer of 100 and 1,000m around the place of residence, respectively, based on vegetation cover indicated on the Dutch cadastral map TOP10.

d

Degree of rurality, population density, and area-level SEP derived from the smallest area unit (“buurt”) by Statistics Netherlands. Degree of rurality ranges from 1 (very urban) to 5 (rural), population density to number of inhabitants per square kilometer, and area SEP to the percentage of the population with low income.