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Table 1

Characteristics of the EDEN study population.

n M ± SD or %

Study centre, % enrolled in Poitiers 1367 48.5
Mothers 1367
 Age, y 29.4 ± 4.7
 Parental education, y 13.7 ± 2.3
 Prepregnancy Body Mass Index, kg/m2 23.1 ± 4.3
 Prepregnancy obesity, % 7.32
 Smoking status, % 22.5
 Alcohol consumption, % 44.1
 Primiparous, % 46.6
Infants 1367
 Sex, % boys 52.5
 Gestational age at birth, wk 39.3 ± 1.5
 Late preterm birth, % 4.8
 Ever breastfed, % 76.5
  Any breastfeeding duration, mo 1046 4.7 ± 4.5
Maternal dietaty intake 1278
 n6 PUFA, g/d 9.64 ± 4.4
  LA, g/d 9.49 ± 4.36
  AA, g/d 0.15 ± 0.08
 n-3 PUFA, g/d 1.15 ± 0.45
  ALA, g/d 0.86 ± 0.34
  EPA, g/d 0.08 ± 0.06
  DHA, g/d 0.17 ± 0.11
 Total n6/n3 ratio 8.51 ± 2.36
 LA/ALA ratio 11.06 ± 2.77
 AA/DHA ratio 1.09 ± 0.53
Colostrum PUFA levels, % total fatty acids 745
 n6 PUFA, % 12.15 ± 1.84
  LA, % 9.82 ± 1.78
  AA, % 0.86 ± 0.15
 n-3 PUFA, % 2.05 ± 0.41
  ALA, % 0.65 ± 0.22
  EPA, % 0.06 ± 0.03
  DHA, % 0.64 ± 0.19
 Total n6/n3 ratio 6.13 ± 1.48
 LA/ALA ratio 16.43 ± 5.39
 AA/DHA ratio 1.42 ± 0.37
Psychomotor development scores
  Motor-2 1260 16.2 ± 2.3
  CDI-2 1277 60.7 ± 29.5
  ASQ-3 1157 270.5 ± 29.3

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