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

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.