Table 2.
Reported health-promoting lifestyle changes during the time when the women were trying to conceive.
| Reported health-promoting lifestyle changes | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Started taking folic acid supplement | |
| Yes | 266 (59.4) |
| No | 182 (40.6) |
| Change in coffee-drinking habits | |
| Quit drinking | 17 (3.8) |
| Cut down | 93 (20.8) |
| No change | 338 (75.4) |
| Change in alcohol-drinking habits | |
| Stopped drinking | 59 (13.2) |
| Reduced drinking | 105 (23.4) |
| No change | 284 (63.4) |
| Change in tobacco usea | |
| Quit tobacco | 60 (13.4) |
| Reduced tobacco use | 49 (10.9) |
| No change | 339 (75.7) |
| Change to more healthy diet | |
| Yes | 92 (20.5) |
| No change in diet | 356 (79.5) |
| Physical activity | |
| More | 143 (31.9) |
| Less | 16 (3.6) |
| No change | 289 (64.5) |
| Number of reported health-promoting lifestyle changes | |
| Few (0–1) | 146 (32.6) |
| Medium (2) | 128 (28.6) |
| Many (3–6) | 174 (38.8) |
a
Tobacco use = smoking and/or taking snuff.