A spatial analysis of dietary patterns in a large representative population in the north of The Netherlands – the Lifelines cohort study

Table 1 Population characteristics

Age (baseline) Mean (SD)		45 (13)
Sex, %	Female	58.4
Education, %	Never been to school or elementary school only	2.9
	Lower vocational or secondary schooling	27.9
	Intermediate vocational schooling or intermediate/higher secondary schooling	31.4
	Higher vocational schooling or university	37.7
Individual income (euro, %)	Unknown/no answer	14.7
	< 1000	6.8
	1000–2000	20.5
	2000–3000	28.5
	> 3000	29.5
Neighborhood income (mean, euro)		2124
Urbanization level by category, %^a	1	6.7
	2	9.3
	3	15.6
	4	24.1
	5	44.3

^aLevel of urbanization: 1: very high > = 2500 addresses per km²; 2: high 1500–2500 addresses per km²; 3: moderate 1000–1500 addresses per km²; 4: low 500–1000 addresses per km²; 5: rural <500 addresses per km²

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