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. 2016 Sep 9;11(9):e0162285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162285

Table 6. Association between dietary practices and birth weight.

Maternal dietary practices Measures N (%) OR (CI 95%) P-values
Out of home eating No 408(70.4%) Ref
Yes 178(29.6%) 1.63(1.1–2.45) 0.017
Food intake before and during pregnancy Eat the same as before pregnancy 260(50.0%) Ref
Eat less during pregnancy 300(51.9%) 0.77(0.53–1.12) 0.169
Eat more during pregnancy 18(3.1%) 0.12(0.02–0.90) 0.039
Pica practice No 446(77.1%) Ref
Yes 132(22.8%) 1.79(1.16–2.75) 0.008
Description of diet Eat both meat and fish 489 (84.6%) Ref
Avoid fish but eat meat 27(4.8%) 1.34(0.51–3.53) 0.553
Avoid meat but eat fish 49 (8.5%) 0.56(0.27–1.19) 0.133
Avoid both 13(2.2%) 0.38(0.12–1.19) 0.098
Skip break fast No 70(12.1) Ref.
Yes 508(87.8%) 0.80(0.46–1.40) 0.432

Ref: reference

Model Power (Pseudo R2) = 0.31