Table 4.
Relationships of level of stress and demographics with dietary intakes of fat, fruits and vegetables, adjusting for covariates using multiple linear regression models, among the low-income pregnant women with overweight or obesity (n 353) recruited from four local Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children agencies in Michigan, USA, May–August 2010
| Fat | Fruits | Vegetables | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE |
| Stress | ||||||
| Low | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| High | −0·10 | 1·11 | −0·74** | 0·28 | −1·24* | 0·48 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| 25–34 | 1·99 | 1·20 | 0·18 | 0·30 | 0·87 | 0·52 |
| 35–46 | 3·65 | 2·35 | 0·87 | 0·58 | 3·25** | 1·01 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 5·36*** | 1·17 | 0·57 | 0·29 | 1·06* | 0·51 |
| Education | ||||||
| High-school graduate or less | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Some college/technical school or higher | 1·28 | 1·20 | 0·09 | 0·30 | 0·24 | 0·52 |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Unemployed | 0·92 | 1·33 | 0·18 | 0·33 | −0·70 | 0·58 |
| Other (student/homemaker/other) | −1·00 | 1·37 | 0·33 | 0·34 | 0·04 | 0·59 |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Never smoked | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Smoked, but quit | 2·40* | 1·18 | 0·25 | 0·29 | 0·58 | 0·51 |
| Smoker | 4·14* | 1·72 | 0·23 | 0·43 | 0·79 | 0·74 |
Multiple linear regression modelling was performed. Covariates included in the model were trimester, gravidity, age, race, education, employment and smoking status.
*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.