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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2015 Nov;19(11):2453–2461. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1764-4

Table 3.

Associations between frequency of consumption of food groups and GWG

Food
group
Pre-BMI
p value Pre-BMI
p value Total p value
Underweight and Normal weight Overweight and Obese



Gestational weight gain
Gestational weight gain
Gestational weight gain
Inadequate
(%)
Appropriate
(%)
Excessive
(%)
Inadequate
(%)
Appropriate
(%)
Excessive
(%)
Inadequate
(%)
Appropriate
(%)
Excessive
(%)
Fruits
<1/day 30.1 54.8 15.1 0.22 16.1 43.5 40.3 0.27 23.7 49.6 26.7 0.32
≥1/day 33.3 66.7 0.0 37.5 25.0 37.5 34.8 52.2 13.0
Vegetables
<1/day 31.3 57.5 11.3 0.33 19.1 42.6 38.2 0.16 25.7 50.7 23.6 0.51
≥1/day 16.7 66.7 16.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 12.5 50.0 37.5
Starchy vegetables and beans
<1/day 29.1 57.0 13.9 0.41 18.2 42.4 39.4 0.27 24.1 50.3 25.5 0.84
≥1/day 28.6 71.4 0.0 0.0 33.3 66.7 20.0 60.0 20.0
Breakfast cereals
<1/day 33.8 56.3 9.9 0.06 17.5 43.9 38.6 0.58 26.6 50.8 22.7 0.50
≥1/day 16.7 61.1 22.2 21.4 35.7 42.9 18.8 50.0 31.2
Rice
<1/day 29.0 58.0 13.0 0.51 13.8 48.3 37.9 0.34 22.0 53.5 24.4 0.63
≥1/day 25.0 62.5 12.5 36.4 18.2 45.5 29.6 44.4 25.9
Red meat
<2/week 33.9 55.9 10.2 0.13 17.6 43.1 39.2 0.48 26.4 50.0 23.6 0.64
≥2/week 23.1 57.7 19.2 15.8 42.1 42.1 20.0 51.1 28.9
Fish
<2/week 29.8 58.3 11.9 0.44 18.2 42.4 39.4 0.61 24.7 51.3 24.0 0.72
≥2/week 25.9 50.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 37.5 37.5