TABLE 1.

Maternal and child characteristics by Mediterranean diet score in Project Viva and Rhea cohorts

	Project Viva		Rhea
	MDS		MDS
	No. (%)	Mean (SD)	No. (%)	Mean (SD)
All	997 (100)	2.7 (1.6)	569 (100)	3.8 (1.7)
Maternal characteristics
Age (years)
<25	25 (2.5)	1.7 (1.3)	13 (2.3)	4.4 (1.8)
25–35	655 (65.7)	2.7 (1.6)	461 (81.4)	3.7 (1.7)
≥35	317 (31.8)	2.9 (1.6)	92 (16.3)	3.9 (1.6)
Pre-pregnancy BMI ≥25 kg/m2
No	651 (65.5)	2.8 (1.6)	377 (67.0)	3.8 (1.6)
Yes	343 (34.5)	2.5 (1.5)	186 (33.0)	3.5 (1.8)
College graduate
No	289 (29.0)	2.3 (1.4)	381 (67.4)	3.7 (1.7)
Yes	708 (71.0)	2.9 (1.6)	184 (32.6)	3.8 (1.7)
Race/ethnicity				NA
Black	126 (12.6)	2.3 (1.6)
Hispanic	61 (6.1)	2.8 (1.8)
Asian	53 (5.3)	2.8 (1.6)
White	713 (71.5)	2.8 (1.6)	569 (100)	3.8 (1.7)
Other	44 (4.4)	2.4 (1.7)
Married or cohabitating
No	71 (7.1)	2.1 (1.6)	11 (1.9)	3.8 (1.9)
Yes	925 (92.9)	2.8 (1.6)	558 (98.1)	3.7 (1.7)
Nulliparous
No	516 (51.8)	2.6 (1.6)	316 (57.8)	3.6 (1.7)
Yes	481 (48.2)	2.8 (1.6)	231 (42.2)	3.9 (1.7)
Smoking status
Never	693 (69.6)	2.8 (1.6)	364 (65.8)	3.8 (1.7)
Quit before pregnancy	209 (21.0)	2.7 (1.5)	97 (17.5)	3.7 (1.6)
Smoked during pregnancy	93 (9.3)	2.2 (1.4)	92 (16.6)	3.6 (1.7)
Child characteristics
Sex
Male	491 (49.2)	2.7 (1.6)	308 (54.1)	3.6 (1.7)
Female	506 (50.8)	2.7 (1.6)	261 (45.9)	3.9 (1.7)
Gestation length
<34 weeks	15 (1.5)	2.7 (1.4)	8 (1.4)	3.6 (1.9)
≥34 weeks	982 (98.5)	2.7 (1.6)	553 (98.6)	3.8 (1.7)
Breastfeeding duration
<3 months	243 (25.7)	2.4 (1.5)	272 (50.0)	3.7 (1.8)
≥3 months	701 (74.3)	2.9 (1.6)	272 (50.0)	3.8 (1.6)

MDS, Mediterranean diet score