Table 3.
Crude least square means (standard errors) and adjusted βeta estimates (standard errors) from generalized linear models of dietary patterns of mothers and newborn birth outcomes in Z-scores.
| Dietary Patterns | Weight-for-Length Z-score (WLZ) (n = 923) | Weight-for-Age Z-score (WAZ) (n = 1011) | Length-for-Age Z-score (LAZ) (n = 1008) | Head Circumference Z-score (HCZ) (n = 999) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy | Crude: −0.66 (0.10) Adjusted: Ref |
0.33 (0.08) Ref |
0.93 (0.12) Ref |
0.19 (0.11) Ref |
| Healthy Processed | Crude: −0.49 (0.11) Adjusted: 0.16 (0.16) |
0.36 (0.08) 0.12 (0.11) |
0.89 (0.10) 0.07 (0.15) |
0.45 (0.10) 0.36 (0.15) * |
| Healthy Southern | Crude: −0.76 (0.13) Adjusted: 0.17 (0.19) |
−0.00 (0.09) * −0.09 (0.14) |
0.60 (0.12) 0.05 (0.18) |
−0.08 (0.13) 0.04 (0.18) |
| Mixed | Crude: −0.45 (0.06) Adjusted: 0.15 (0.14) |
0.06 (0.05) * −0.01 (0.10) |
0.47 (0.06) * −0.09 (0.14) |
−0.02 (0.06) 0.09 (0.14) |
| Processed | Crude: −0.5 (0.15) Adjusted: 0.23 (0.19) |
−0.05 (0.09) * −0.03 (0.14) |
0.32 (0.13) * −0.17 (0.19) |
−0.33 (0.14) * −0.18 (0.19) |
| Processed Southern | Crude: −0.74 (0.12) Adjusted: −0.07 (0.19) |
−0.26 (0.08) * −0.15 (0.14) |
0.30 (0.11) * −0.12 (0.18) |
−0.39 (0.11) * −0.06 (0.19) |
| Southern | Crude: −0.89 (0.12) Adjusted: −0.28 (0.19) |
−0.10 (0.09) * −0.07 (0.14) |
0.59 (0.11) 0.17 (0.18) |
−0.25 (0.12) * 0.05 (0.18) |
This model was adjusted for age, race, pre-pregnancy BMI, education, alcohol and total weight gain. * p ≤ 0.05.