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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Associations of genetic risk scores based on adult adiposity pathways with childhood growth and adiposity measures

Characteristics

Full group (N = 3,975)

European (N = 2,566)

Turkish (N = 300)

Surinamese (N = 287)

Moroccan (N = 234)

Other (N = 588)

Birth

 Boys

50.2 %

49.6 %

53.7 %

53.3 %

50.4 %

49.2 %

 Gestational age at birth (weeks)a

40.1 (36.4; 42.3)

40.3 (33.3; 42.0)

40.0 (36.2; 42.3)

39.7 (35.7; 42.0)

40.6 (36.4; 42.2)

40.0 (36.4; 42.1)

 Weight at birth (grams)

3458 (514)

3506 (514)

3402 (480)

3238 (536)

3496 (426)

3379 (506)

Infant

 Peak weight velocity (kg/year)

12.2 (2.1)

12.0 (2.0)

13.1 (2.4)

12.5 (2.2)

12.6 (2.1)

12.4 (2.2)

 Body mass index at adiposity peak (kg/m2)

17.6 (0.8)

17.5 (0.8)

17.9 (0.9)

17.5 (0.9)

17.8 (0.8)

17.7 (0.8)

 Age at adiposity peak (years)

0.7 (0.04)

0.7 (0.04)

0.7 (0.04)

0.7 (0.04)

0.7 (0.04)

0.7 (0.04)

Childhood

 Age at visit (years)a

6.0 (5.7; 7.8)

6.0 (5.7; 7.5)

6.1 (5.7; 7.7)

6.1 (5.5; 8.2)

6.1 (5.7; 8.3)

6.1 (5.7; 8.2)

 Height (cm)

119.6 (6.0)

119.5 (5.6)

119.0 (5.7)

119.9 (7.0)

119.1 (5.9)

120.1 (4.9)

 Weight (kg)

23.3 (4.2)

22.9 (3.6)

24.5 (5.3)

23.5 (5.3)

23.9 (4.1)

24.0 (4.9)

 Body mass index (kg/m2)a

15.8 (13.7; 21.3)

15.7 (13.7; 19.8)

16.6 (13.6; 24.2)

15.7 (13.2; 23.3)

16.4 (14.0; 22.0)

16.2 (13.6; 22.0)

 Total fat mass percentagea

24.0 (16.3; 38.6)

23.5 (16.4; 36.4)

26.6 (18.3; 43.5)

24.1 (14.8; 41.4)

25.9 (17.8; 39.9)

24.3 (15.9; 39.4)

 Android-gynoid fat ratioa

0.2 (0.2; 0.4)

0.2 (0.2; 0.4)

0.3 (0.2; 0.5)

0.2 (0.2; 0.5)

0.2 (0.2; 0.4)

0.2 (0.1; 0.4)

 Preperitoneal fat area (cm2)a

0.4 (0.2; 1.2)

0.4 (0.2; 1.0)

0.5 (0.2; 1.9)

0.4 (0.2; 1.7)

0.4 (0.2; 1.6)

0.4 (0.2; 1.3)

 Overweight (%)b

12.9

10.5

23.7

11.8

19.7

17.8

 Obese (%)b

4.1

2.1

11.0

8.0

7.7

6.1

  1. N = 3,975
  2. Values are means (standard deviations) unless otherwise specified
  3. aMedian (95 % range)
  4. bThe IOTF-classification was used to define overweight and obesity [41]