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. 2021 Apr 21;60(7):3861–3872. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02555-7

Table 2.

Sample and dietary characteristics of n = 10,333 3-day-weighted dietary records of n = 1275 DONALD (boys n = 648, girls n = 627) participants aged 3.5–18.5 years, collected between 1985 and June 2019, stratified by sex and age groups, DONALD study

Boys Girls
3.5 < 6.5 6.5 < 10.5 10.5 < 14.5 14.5 ≤ 18.5 3.5 < 6.5 6.5 < 10.5 10.5 < 14.5 14.5 ≤ 18.5
nparticipantsa 556 505 407 294 539 471 376 289
n3-day-dietary-records (%) 1392 (26) 1644 (31) 1300 (25) 943 (18) 1360 (27) 1552 (31) 1229 (24) 913 (18)
Age (years) 5.0 (4.1; 6.0) 8.2 (7.2; 9.2) 12.2 (11.2; 13.2) 16.2 (15.2; 17.2) 5.0 (4.1; 6.0) 8.2 (7.3; 9.2) 12.2 (11.2; 13.2) 11.2 (15.2; 17.3)
Underreported records 34 (2.4) 65 (4.0) 169 (13.0) 215 (22.8) 36 (2.7) 30 (1.9) 104 (8.5) 195 (21.4)
Anthropometrics
 BMI 15.6 (14.9; 16.4) 15.6 (14.8; 16.7) 17.7 (16.1; 19.5) 20.4 (18.5; 22.9) 15.5 (14.8; 16.4) 15.5 (14.7; 16.9) 17.3 (16.0; 19.6) 20.5 (18.8; 22.7)
 Normal weight 452 (81.3) 415 (82.2) 312 (76.7) 215 (73.1) 421 (78.1) 345 (73.3) 279 (74.2) 219 (75.8)
 Overweight 32 (5.8) 38 (7.5) 55 (13.5) 49 (16.7) 55 (10.2) 59 (12.5) 52 (13.8) 33 (11.4)
 Obesity 3 (0.5) 10 (2.0) 9 (2.1) 11 (3.7) 5 (0.9) 5 (1.1) 5 (1.3) 5 (1.7)
 Underweightb 69 (12.4) 42 (8.3) 31 (7.6) 19 (6.5) 58 (10.8) 62 (13.2) 40 (10.6) 32 (11.1)
Maternal characteristics
 Normal weight 376 (68.7) 341 (68.9) 259 (64.8) 173 (60.1) 366 (69.2) 312 (67.1) 224 (60.2) 174 (60.8)
 Overweight 127 (23.2) 115 (23.2) 107 (26.8) 85 (29.5) 123 (23.3) 121 (26.0) 113 (30.4) 82 (28.7)
 Obesity 44 (8.0) 39 (7.9) 34 (8.5) 30 (10.4) 40 (7.6) 32 (6.9) 35 (9.4) 30 (10.5)
 High educational statusc 387 (69.6) 321 (63.7) 241 (59.4) 174 (59.2) 353 (65.6) 294 (62.4) 222 (59.4) 171 (59.4)
 Employment 243 (43.7) 296 (58.6) 269 (66.1) 213 (72.5) 238 (44.2) 260 (55.2) 246 (65.4) 196 (67.8)
Dietary characteristics
 TEI (kcal/day) 1353 (1195; 1520) 1720 (1518; 1922) 2010 (1742; 2310) 2439 (2083; 2810) 1235 (1094; 1384) 1545 (1356; 1720) 1772 (1525; 2021) 1778 (1503; 2054)
 TD (g/1000 kcal of TEI) 213 (142; 293) 191 (124; 275) 170 (100; 246) 151 (92; 223) 204 (132; 280) 174 (113; 247) 151 (93; 215) 143 (81; 215)
 LFD (w%TD) 15.1 (1.5; 60.0) 16.8 (1.1; 60.5) 24.4 (1.4; 72.0) 28.4 (1.5; 75.8) 18.0 (1.6; 62.5) 21.1 (1.5; 62.9) 27.5 (1.3; 72.0) 34.0 (0.9; 72.8)
 HSD (w%TD) 28.9 (12.2; 52.3) 24.1 (9.1; 46.5) 24.1 (8.5; 48.3) 18.9 (6.0; 41.5) 31.9 (14.7; 59.1) 29.6 (12.8; 53.9) 31.1 (13.0; 56.0) 27.6 (11.2; 50.8)
 FD (w%TD) 20.3 (7.8; 41.3) 20.0 (7.9; 40.5) 23.6 (9.7; 46.4) 25.5 (10.2; 48.2) 22.0 (8.7; 41.1) 22.0 (9.0; 42.2) 27.8 (11.3; 51.7) 32.4 (16.1; 58.9)
 LD (w%TD) 56.6 (29.4; 75.9) 52.2 (20.7; 73.1) 43.4 (0.0; 68.0) 40.4 (0.0; 67.2) 55.2 (27.3; 76.5) 51.2 (22.8; 72.3) 40.8 (0.0; 65.8) 34.6 (0.0; 63.4)

Values are n (%) or medians (25th, 75th percentile)

TEI total energy intake; TD total dairy; LFD low fat dairy; HSD high sugar dairy; FD fermented dairy; LD liquid dairy; w%TD intake weight as % of total dairy

aDue to repeated measurements per participant. One person can occur in more than one age group

bIOTF Criteria

c > 12 years school education