Table 6. Association between dietary practices and birth weight.
Maternal dietary practices | Measures | N (%) | OR (CI 95%) | P-values |
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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