Table 2.

Reported diet patterns for eating less in early pregnancy, late pregnancy and postpartum^* among rural Bangladeshi women (n 4011), Rang-Din Nutrition Study, September 2011–August 2012

	Early pregnancy	Late pregnancy	6 months’ postpartum		Early pregnancy		Late pregnancy		6 months’
Diet pattern	(n 4011)	(n 3280)	(n 3685)	P	OR	95 %CI	OR	95 %CI	postpartum
Amount† (%)
Less	75·9a	38·8b	7·4c	<0·001	41·9	36·2, 48·4	8·2	7·1, 9·4	Ref.
Same	16·4	25·3	40·7
More	7·8	35·9	51·9
Eating down‡ (%)	0·9b	3·7a	0·1c	<0·001
Meals§ (%)
Fewer	34·0a	6·1b	2·7c	<0·001	19·2	15·4, 23·8	2·4	1·8, 3·0	Ref.
Same	46·1	41·0	67·4
More	19·9	52·9	30·0
Avoiding specific foods (%)	24·9b	21·0c	42·8a	<0·001	0·4	0·4, 0·5	0·4	0·3, 0·4	Ref.

Ref., reference category.

^a.b.cPercentages within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).

^*OR were calculated using mixed-model logistic regression adjusting for multiple comparisons.

^†Eating less, the same or more food compared with pre-pregnancy diet.

^‡Eating down is a subset of those eating less food, but is represented as a prevalence at each time point out of all women at that particular time point.

^§Fewer, the same or more meals compared with pre-pregnancy diet.