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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2015 Dec 3;59:101–108. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.11.006

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

1

High scores meaning more dysmorphology

2

High scores meaning more problem behaviors