Table 2.
Estimated Daily Dietary Intake of ω-3 Fatty Acids in Pregnancy by Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Scoresa
| No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 20 wk | 24–29 wk | |||||||||
| ω-3 Fatty Acid Intake, g/day | 0 to < 4 | 4 to < 8 | 8 to < 12 | ≥ 12 | Missing | 0 to < 4 | 4 to < 8 | 8 to < 14 | ≥ 14 | Missing |
| 0.57 to < 1.69 | 17 (26) | 15 (23) | 12 (18) | 20 (30) | 2 (3) | 9 (14) | 22 (33) | 16 (24) | 16 (24) | 3 (5) |
| 0.42 to < 0.57 | 13 (19) | 24 (35) | 12 (18) | 19 (28) | 0 | 11 (16) | 22 (32) | 14 (21) | 21 (31) | 0 |
| 0.32 to < 0.42 | 9 (15) | 20 (33) | 18 (30) | 12 (20) | 1 (2) | 15 (25) | 16 (27) | 15 (25) | 13 (22) | 1 (2) |
| 0.09 to < 0.32 | 19 (25) | 17 (22) | 14 (18) | 24 (32) | 2 (3) | 12 (16) | 24 (32) | 18 (24) | 20 (26) | 2 (3) |
| Missing | 1 (6) | 4 (24) | 4 (24) | 7 (41) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 0 | 1 (6) | 14 (82) |
a
Divided into subgroups by weeks pregnant (20 vs 24–29). Fatty acid intake and scores based on quartiles. Fatty acid intake was unassociated with scores: for < 20 weeks, χ2 = 10.8, P = .29; for 24–29 weeks, χ2 = 4.6, P = 0.87.