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. 2016 May 19;8(5):300. doi: 10.3390/nu8050300

Table 3.

Association of each maternal dietary pattern with adherence to dietary guideline recommendations for number of daily servings from each of the four main food groups, adjusting for all maternal socio-demographic, health and lifestyle factors 1 (Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI)).

Junk Health Conscious Traditional/White Bread Fusion/Protein
p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI
Vegetables and fruits
(≥6 serves/day)
<0.0001 <0.0001 0.0005 <0.0001
Yes 0.56 0.48, 0.65 6.37 5.29, 7.67 1.32 1.13, 1.54 4.79 4.05, 5.65
No Ref Ref Ref Ref
Breads and Cereals
(≥4 serves/day)
<0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Yes 2.56 2.21, 2.97 3.05 2.55, 3.65 2.89 2.48, 3.38 0.56 0.46, 0.67
No Ref Ref Ref Ref
Milk and milk products
(≥3 serves/day)
<0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.054
Yes 1.34 1.18, 1.53 4.60 3.97, 5.32 2.00 1.74, 2.30 1.16 1.00, 1.35
No Ref Ref Ref Ref
Lean meat, meat alternatives and eggs (≥2serves/day) 0.045 0.347 0.807 <0.0001
Yes 1.19 1.00, 1.40 1.10 0.91, 1.33 1.02 0.86, 1.22 14.3 11.5, 17.8
No Ref Ref Ref Ref

1 Adjusted for age, pre-pregnancy BMI, self-prioritised ethnicity, place of birth, education, socioeconomic deprivation, pregnancy planning, parity, LMC, season of interview, maternal self-rating of health, nausea/sickness after 1st trimester, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, folic acid intake, pre/during pregnancy smoking patterns, pre/during pregnancy alcohol consumption, physical activity, and actively dieting pre-pregnancy; ref, reference.