Table 2.

Comparisons between recalled dietary intake and pica behavior at any point during current pregnancy among 2,367 pregnant women, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Dietary intake	Pica status
	No geophagy n = 2,243	Geophagy n = 124	No amylophagy n = 1,508	Amylophagy n = 859	No pica n = 1,470	Any pica n = 897
No. of meals per day*	2.6 (0.6)	2.5 (0.5)	2.6 (0.6)	2.6 (0.6)	2.6 (0.6)	2.6 (0.6)
No. of foods eaten in last 7 days*	11.1 (3.1)	10.8 (3.3)	11.3 (3.1)	10.9† (3.0)	11.3 (3.1)	10.8‡ (3.0)
Servings of heme-rich food in past 7days*§	7.7 (3.1)	7.3 (2.9)	7.8 (3.0)	7.5† (3.1)	7.8 (3.0)	7.5‡ (3.1)
Servings of food high in inorganic iron in past 7days*¶	4.8 (2.8)	4.6 (3.2)	4.8 (2.8)	4.7 (2.9)	4.8 (2.8)	4.7 (2.9)
Vitamins during current pregnancy, %	5.9	8.0	5.4	7.3	5.3	7.4‡
Iron supplements during current pregnancy, %	11.9	12.9	11.2	13.3	11.2	13.2

^*Values are mean (SD).

^†P < 0.05 versus no amylophagy group.

^‡P < 0.05 versus no pica group.

^§Defined as seafood, chicken, beef, goat, large fish, and whitebait.

^¶Defined as eggs, greens, and beans.