Table 3.

Pattern of organic food consumption within the six organic food groups as reported by 35,107 pregnant women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) who delivered a singleton male infant in years 2002 to 2008.

Organic food group	n (%)	Any organica
		Never/seldom	Sometimes, often, or mostly
Organic vegetables
Never/seldom	22,759 (64.8)	17,996	4,763 (27.8)
Sometimes, often, or mostly	12,348 (35.2)	0	12,348 (72.2)
Organic fruit
Never/seldom	25,006 (71.2)	17,996	7,010 (41.0)
Sometimes, often, or mostly	10,101 (28.8)	0	10,101 (59.0)
Organic cereals
Never/seldom	27,980 (79.7)	17,996	9,015 (58.3)
Sometimes, often, or mostly	7,127 (20.3)	0	7,127 (41.7)
Organic milk/dairy products
Never/seldom	25,992 (74.0)	17,996	7,996 (46.7)
Sometimes, often, or mostly	9,115 (26.0)	0	9,115 (53.3)
Organic eggs
Never/seldom	23,144 (65.9)	17,996	5,148 (30.1)
Sometimes, often, or mostly	11,963 (34.1)	0	11,963 (69.9)
Organic meat
Never/seldom	30,814 (87.8)	17,996	12,818 (74.9)
Sometimes, often, or mostly	4,293 (12.2)	0	4,293 (25.1)
aAny organic was defined as having answered “sometimes,” “often,” or “mostly” for any of the six organic food groups (vegetables, fruits, cereals, milk/dairy, eggs, meat). Nonconsumption was defined as having answered “never/seldom” for all organic food groups. No data were missing on use of organic food.