Table 5.
Bi-variate Correlations of Nutrient Intake Deficiencies with Selected Child Characteristics
| Head Circumference (OFC) |
Child BMI |
Palpebral fissure length (PFL) |
Dysmorphology Score1 |
Verbal IQ (TROG) |
Non- verbal IQ (Raven) |
Behavior (PBCL- 36)2 |
Binged 3 during pregnancy |
Binged 5 during pregnancy |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total carbohydrate | −.147* | −.206** | −.176* | .138* | .013 | −.054 | .004 | −.006 | .022 |
| Total protein | −.182** | −.162* | −.119 | .110 | .007 | −.046 | .062 | .037 | .111 |
| Vitamin E | −.064 | −.065 | −.061 | .024 | .152* | .114 | −.083 | −.018 | .053 |
| Thiamin | −.107 | −.186** | −.133 | .117 | .037 | −.021 | .092 | .067 | .024 |
| Niacin | −.140* | −.168* | −.107 | .076 | .038 | −.022 | .052 | .059 | .121 |
| Total folate | .018 | .012 | −.017 | −.021 | .110 | .154* | −.036 | −.038 | −.025 |
| Calcium | −.003 | −.048 | .030 | −.120 | .237** | .139* | −.127 | −.185** | −.112 |
| Phosphorus | −.167* | −.152* | −.130 | .115 | .020 | −.019 | .041 | −.018 | .059 |
| Magnesium | −.169* | −.185** | −.130 | .144* | .029 | −.061 | .018 | .043 | .105 |
| Iron | −.044 | −.054 | −.009 | −.052 | .205** | .142* | −.020 | −.073 | −.004 |
| Zinc | −.065 | −.029 | .054 | −.091 | .237** | .156* | .012 | −.065 | −.021 |
| Selenium | −.131 | −.205** | −.127 | .127 | −.066 | −.081 | .085 | .057 | .100 |
| Sodium | −.142* | −.246** | −.167* | .131 | −.048 | −.062 | .141* | .066 | .075 |
| Potassium | −.178* | −.175* | −.131 | .133 | .066 | −.023 | .009 | .028 | .099 |
| EPA | −.102 | −.146* | −.145* | .162* | −.084 | −.113 | .079 | .137* | .137 |
| DPA | −.121 | −.095 | −.137* | .176* | −.078 | −.102 | .099 | .115 | .137 |
| DHA | −.089 | −.128 | −.131 | .154* | −.039 | −.082 | .052 | .107 | .123 |
| Choline | −.186** | −.109 | −.148* | −.125 | −.074 | −.064 | −.029 | .011 | .102 |
| Maternal BMI | .289** | .311** | .298** | −.374** | .229** | .194** | −.119 | −.214** | −.146* |
p ≤ .05;
p ≤. 01
High scores meaning more dysmorphology
High scores meaning more problem behaviors