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. 2022 Mar 17;21:15. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00767-z

Correction to: To what extent do dietary costs explain socio-economic differences in dietary behavior?

Jody C Hoenink 1,, Joline W J Beulens 1,2, Marjolein C Harbers 2, Jolanda M A Boer 3, S Coosje Dijkstra 4, Mary Nicolaou 5, Yvonne T van der Schouw 2, Ivonne Sluijs 2, W M Monique Verschuren 2,3, Wilma Waterlander 1,5, Joreintje D Mackenbach 1
PMCID: PMC8928631  PMID: 35300706

Correction to: Nutr J 19, 88 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-020-00608-x

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 1 where instead of the percentage females, the percentage males were reported. This has now been amended.

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics by individual and household educational level of the EPIC-NL study population

Sociodemographic characteristics Low education level
(N= 5,435)
Middle education level
(N= 1,002)
High education level
(N= 2,838)
Low household education level
(N= 4,316)
Middle household education level
(N= 1,012)
High household education level
(N= 3,954)
Total
(N= 9,306)
Mean age in years (SD) 71.6 (8.8) 64.6 (13.2) 67.3 (9.9) 71.6 (8.8) 65.1 (13.1) 68.4 (9.9) 69.6 (10.0)
Sex (% female) 52.7 91.7 78.2 63.3 92.2 67.2 77.4
Mean energy intake in kcal/day (SD) 1,850 (652) 1,999 (646) 2,023 (630) 1,847 (662) 2,017 (693) 1,973 (616) 1,919 (650)
Study center (in %)
 Amsterdam 6.6 2.9 8.7 5.6 2.6 10.0 18.1
 Doetinchem 7.2 1.0 2.4 6.2 1.2 3.2 10.5
 Maastricht 11.4 2.9 6.8 9.4 3.0 8.7 21.1
 Utrecht 33.4 4.2 12.7 25.4 4.2 20.7 50.3
Mean dietary cost in €/day (SD) 4.9 (1.7) 5.4 (1.6) 5.5 (1.6) 4.8 (1.7) 5.3 (1.7) 5.4 (1.6) 5.1 (1.7)
DHD15-index (SD)a 63.2 (15.5) 67.2 (15.9) 72.0 (15.2) 62.2 (15.5) 65.3 (15.7) 70.9 (15.4) 66.2 (16.0)
DASH score (SD)b 20.1 (4.3) 21.2 (4.3) 22.5 (4.2) 20.0 (4.3) 20.8 (4.3) 22.1 (4.3) 21.0 (4.4)

Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation

a DHD15 index without the alcohol component ranging from 11.43 to 109.78

b DASH score ranging from 8 to 35

The original article [1] has been updated.

Reference

  • 1.Hoenink JC, Beulens JWJ, Harbers MC, et al. To what extent do dietary costs explain socio-economic differences in dietary behavior? Nutr J. 2020;19:88. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00608-x. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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