Table 4.
Evaluation of the HEI-SG total score by demographic and biological characteristics
| Mother cohort | Child cohort | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | HEI-SG-M total score [Mean ± SD] |
p | Variable | n | HEI-SG-C total score [Mean ± SD] |
p |
| Age | Age | ||||||
| 18–29 year | 107 | 57.3 ± 9.1 | 0.364 | 6–11 months | 209 | 60.7 ± 11.3 | 0.364 |
| 30–50 year | 379 | 58.3 ± 9.8 | 12–24 months | 277 | 65.4 ± 10.4 | ||
| Ethnicity | Ethnicity | ||||||
| Chinese | 426 | 58.0 ± 9.6 | 0.068 | Chinese | 411 | 63.9 ± 10.7 | 0.000 |
| Indian | 19 | 63.4 ± 10.5 | Indian | 21 | 56.3 ± 13.9 | ||
| Malay | 32 | 58.1 ± 8.4 | Malay | 31 | 58.4 ± 11.0 | ||
| Others | 9 | 57.5 ± 11.0 | Others | 23 | 66.8 ± 10.7 | ||
| Education levels | Gender | ||||||
| Basic | 80 | 56.4 ± 9.3 | 0.014 | Female | 246 | 61.9 ± 10.8 | 0.004 |
| Intermediate | 80 | 58.9 ± 9.9 | Male | 240 | 64.8 ± 11.2 | ||
| Advance I | 269 | 57.6 ± 9.8 | |||||
| Advance II | 57 | 61.4 ± 10.0 | Birth order | ||||
| 1 st Child | 283 | 63.5 ± 10.9 | 0.921 | ||||
| Employment status | 2nd Child | 142 | 63.4 ± 11.0 | ||||
| Full time | 344 | 57.8 ± 9.6 | 0.324 | 2 or more siblings | 61 | 62.8 ± 12.1 | |
| Homemaker | 96 | 59.3 ± 9.8 | |||||
| Part time | 37 | 57.6 ± 10.1 | |||||
| Others | 9 | ||||||
| Z score category | |||||||
| Underweight | 14 | 62.6 ± 8.9 | 0.95 | ||||
| Weight status1 | Normal | 454 | 64.4 ± 11.0 | ||||
| Underweight | 41 | 61.5 ± 10.3 | 0.042 | Overweight | 18 | 62.6 ± 13.4 | |
| Normal | 238 | 58.4 ± 9.5 | |||||
| Overweight + Obese | 200 | 57.1 ± 9.7 | |||||
1Seven mothers were pregnant at the time of data collection and their data were excluded from the analysis. Total sample size for evaluating the HEI-SG-M store and maternal weight status was 479. ANOVA tests were performed on both HEI-SG total scores