Table 5.
Frequency of consumption (times/week) of nutrient-dense food groups in the past week, stratified by pregnancy stage and self-reported comparison of current diet to pre-pregnancy diet, among rural Bangladeshi women (n 4011), Rang-Din Nutrition Study, September 2011–August 2012
| Comparison of current diet to pre-pregnancy diet | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All women | Less | Same | More | ||||||||||||||
| Food group | n * | Mean | sd | P † | n * | Mean | sd | n * | Mean | sd | n * | Mean | sd | P ‡ | |||
| ASF | 10 972 | 10·8 | 7·8 | <0·001 | 4589 | 10·1 | 7·2 | B | 2986 | 10·7 | 7·6 | B | 3401 | 12·0 | 8·7 | A | <0·001 |
| Early pregnancy | 4010 | 10·0 | 7·2 | b | 3044 | 9·5 | 7·1 | C | 656 | 10·7 | 7·3 | B | 311 | 12·5 | 8·1 | A | <0·001 |
| Late pregnancy | 3277 | 13·2 | 8·4 | a | 1274 | 11·7 | 7·4 | C | 830 | 13·1 | 8·3 | B | 1176 | 14·8 | 9·2 | A | <0·001 |
| 6 months’ postpartum | 3685 | 9·7 | 7·5 | c | 271 | 8·5 | 6·5 | B | 1500 | 9·4 | 7·0 | B | 1914 | 10·1 | 7·9 | A | <0·001 |
| Lentils | 10 976 | 2·7 | 3·5 | <0·001 | 4589 | 2·5 | 3·3 | B | 2986 | 2·5 | 3·4 | B | 3401 | 3·1 | 3·8 | A | <0·001 |
| Early pregnancy | 4011 | 2·6 | 3·3 | b | 3044 | 2·4 | 3·2 | B | 656 | 2·9 | 3·6 | A | 311 | 3·1 | 4·0 | A | <0·001 |
| Late pregnancy | 3280 | 3·2 | 3·7 | a | 1274 | 2·8 | 3·5 | B | 830 | 2·7 | 3·3 | B | 1176 | 4·0 | 4·0 | A | <0·001 |
| 6 months’ postpartum | 3685 | 2·4 | 3·4 | b | 271 | 1·9 | 3·0 | B | 1500 | 2·2 | 3·3 | B | 1914 | 2·6 | 3·6 | A | <0·001 |
| RGLV | 10 372 | 5·0 | 4·8 | 0·002 | 4589 | 4·9 | 4·7 | A | 2986 | 4·6 | 4·6 | A | 3401 | 5·5 | 5·1 | A | 0·30 |
| Early pregnancy | 3410 | 4·9 | 4·7 | a,b | 3044 | 4·8 | 4·6 | B | 656 | 5·0 | 4·6 | B | 311 | 5·9 | 5·0 | A | <0·001 |
| Late pregnancy | 3277 | 6·1 | 5·1 | a | 1274 | 5·4 | 4·7 | B | 830 | 5·8 | 5·1 | B | 1176 | 7·0 | 5·5 | A | <0·001 |
| 6 months’ postpartum | 3685 | 4·1 | 4·4 | b | 271 | 3·8 | 4·0 | B | 1500 | 3·7 | 4·0 | B | 1914 | 4·5 | 4·6 | A | <0·001 |
ASF, animal-source foods; RGLV, red and green leafy vegetables.
Number of observations.
Tests the difference between the three time points, controlling for season, accounting for the design effect and adjusting for multiple comparisons using the Tukey–Kramer method. Significant between-group differences at P<0·05 within a column are indicated with different lower-case superscript letters.
Tests the difference between the three diet patterns, adjusted as described above. Significant between-group differences at P<0·05 within a row indicated with different upper-case superscript letters.