Table 3.
Association between dietary patterns and neonatal birth weight Z score.
| Birth Weight z Score | Dietary Pattern | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals, Eggs, and Cantonese Soups | Dairy | Fruits, Nuts, and Cantonese Desserts | Meats | Vegetables | Varied | |
| (n = 1026) | (n = 1020) | (n = 799) | (n = 1066) | (n = 1383) | (n = 1160) | |
| Mean (95% CI) | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.08) a,b | 0.07 (0.01, 0.13) c | 0.20 (0.13,0.26) a,c,d,e | 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) d,f | 0.06 (0.01, 0.11) e | 0.14 (0.10, 0.19) b,f |
| Crude β (95% CI) | Reference | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.13) | 0.06 (0.09, 0.26) * | 0.01 (−0.09, 0.07) | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.12) | 0.06 (0.05, 0.20) * |
| Adjusted β (95% CI) 1 | Reference | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.13) | 0.05 (0.07, 0.24) * | -0.01 (−0.10, 0.06) | 0.01 (−0.04, 0.11) | 0.04 (0.02, 0.17) * |
| Adjusted β (95% CI) 2 | Reference | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.13) | 0.06 (0.08, 0.26) * | 0.00 (−0.09, 0.07) | 0.02 (−0.03, 0.12) | 0.06 (0.05, 0.20) * |
| Adjusted β (95% CI) 3 | Reference | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.13) | 0.06 (0.09, 0.27) * | -0.01 (−0.10, 0.07) | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.12) | 0.05 (0.05, 0.19) * |
| Adjusted β (95% CI) 4 | Reference | 0.02 (−0.03, 0.13) | 0.05 (0.07, 0.24) * | -0.01 (−0.11, 0.05) | 0.01 (−0.04, 0.11) | 0.04 (0.01, 0.16) * |
a, b, c, d, e, f Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0·05, Tukey–Kramer’s adjustment for Mixed comparisons in general linear models). * p < 0.05. 1 Adjusted for maternal age, education level, and monthly income. 2 Adjusted for parity, passive smoking during pregnancy, and alcohol drinking during pregnancy. 3 Adjusted for GDM. 4 Adjusted for maternal age, education level, monthly income, parity, passive smoking during pregnancy, alcohol drinking during pregnancy, folic acid supplement use, pre-pregnancy BMI, and GDM.