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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2015 Jun 20;115(12):1958–1964.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.04.018

Table 4.

Associations of type of early pregnancy craving with contemporaneous nutrient intakes, data from 2,022 participants participating in Project Viva

Sweet Salty Savory Starchy
Nutrient Crude Adjusted* Crude Adjusted* Crude Adjusted* Crude Adjusted*
Linear regression estimate (95% CI)
Carbohydrates(g/d) −2.8 (−6.9, 1.4) −2.4 (−6.5, 1.7) 4.9 (−0.5, 10.2) 3.8 (−1.4, 9.1) −1.0 (−6.2, 4.3) −1.0 (−6.2, 4.1) 8.0 (0.3, 15.7) 7.6 (0.0, 15.2)
Sucrose (g/d) 1.9 (0.1, 3.7) 1.5 (−0.2, 3.2) 0.9 (−1.4, 3.2) 0.7 (−1.5, 2.9) 0.7 (−1.6, 3.0) 0.1 (−2.1, 2.3) 2.0 (−1.4, 5.3) 2.4 (−0.8, 5.6)
Glycemic Load −115 (−378,147) −99 (−357,159) 178 (−160,517) 103 (−229,435) −67 (−398,264) −101 (−425,224) 466 (−22,954) 458 (−20,936)
Total Fat (g/d) 1.5 (0.1, 2.9) 1.2 (−0.2, 2.6) −1.5 (−3.3, 0.3) −1.2 (−3.0, 0.6) 0.7 (−1.1, 2.5) 0.5 (−1.2, 2.2) −2.6 (−5.2, −0.1) −2.5 (−5.1, 0.0)
Saturated Fat (g/d) 0.8 (0.2, 1.4) 0.7 (0.1, 1.3) −0.6 (−1.4, 0.2) −0.4 (−1.2, 0.4) 0.3 (−0.5, 1.1) 0.3 (−0.5, 1.0) −0.9 (−2.1, 0.2) −0.9 (−2.0, 0.3)
N-3 Fatty Acids (g/d) 0.03 (−0.03, 0.09) 0.02 (−0.04, 0.08) −0.07 (−0.15, 0.01) −0.06 (−0.14, 0.02) 0.10 (0.02, 0.17) 0.08 (0.01, 0.16) 0.01 (−0.11, 0.12) 0.01 (−0.10, 0.13)
Dietary Fiber (serv/d) −0.5 (−1.1, 0.2) −0.3 (−0.9, 0.4) 0.7 (−0.1, 1.6) 0.8 (−0.1, 1.6) 0.2 (−0.7, 1.0) 0.4 (−0.4, 1.2) 0.3 (−0.9, 1.5) 0.1 (−1.1, 1.3)
*

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, smoking, pre-pregnancy BMI, and GDM in a previous pregnancy