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. 2018 Mar 7;10(3):319. doi: 10.3390/nu10030319

Table 3.

Maternal predictors of guideline adherence trajectory group (n = 1232).

Total Sample ( n = 1232)
% (n)
A. Low Consumption Group
(n = 266)
% (n)
B. Within Guideline Group
(n = 866)
% (n)
C. Decreasing Heavy Use Group
(n = 100)
% (n)
B vs. A (ref)
RRR (95% CI)
C vs. A (ref)
RRR (95% CI)
Socio-Demographics
Age (at birth; M, IQR) 33 (29–36) 32.5 (29–36) 33 (29–36) 33 (30–36) 1.01 (0.98–1.04), p = 0.419 1.03 (0.99–1.08), p = 0.161
SES (T3)
   Low/Moderate 36 (444) 39 (103) 36 (309) 32 (32) - -
   High 64 (788) 61 (163) 64 (557) 68 (68) 1.14 (0.86–1.51), p = 0.368 1.34 (0.83–2.19), p = 0.236
Country of birth (T3)
   Australia 56 (690) 51 (136) 57 (494) 60 (60) - -
   Other English-speaking 19 (235) 17 (46) 19 (164) 25 (25) 0.98 (0.67–1.43), p = 0.923 1.23 (0.69–2.19), p = 0.476
   NESB 25 (306) 32 (84) 24 (207) 15 (15) 0.68 (0.49–0.93), p = 0.016 0.41 (0.22–0.76), p = 0.005
Employment (T3)
   Not in paid employment 32 (398) 32 (84) 32 (274) 40 (40) - -
   Paid employment (including self-employ) 68 (833) 68 (182) 68 (591) 60 (60) 1.00 (0.74–1.34), p = 0.976 0.69 (0.43–1.12), p = 0.130
University Qualification (T3)
   No 34 (421) 30 (79) 35 (302) 40 (40) - -
   Yes 66 (810) 70 (187) 65 (563) 60 (60) 0.79 (0.59–1.06), p = 0.116 0.63 (0.39–1.02), p = 0.062
Living with partner (T3)
   No 7 (90) 6 (15) 8 (65) 10 (10) - -
   Yes 93 (1142) 94 (251) 93 (801) 90 (90) 0.74 (0.41–1.31), p = 0.300 0.54 (0.23–1.24), p = 0.146
Pregnancy Characteristics
Parity (T3)
   0 57 (703) 67 (178) 55 (479) 46 (46) - -
   ≥1 previous children carried full-term 43 (527) 33 (88) 45 (385) 54 (54) 1.63 (1.22–2.17), p = 0.001 2.38 (1.49–3.80), p < 0.001
Pregnancy planned (T3)
   No 22 (273) 17 (44) 23 (199) 30 (30) - -
   Yes 78 (958) 84 (222) 77 (666) 70 (70) 0.66 (0.46–0.95), p = 0.025 0.46 (0.27–0.79), p = 0.005
Fertility Problems (T3)
   No 92 (1103) 88 (227) 93 (783) 95 (93) - -
   Yes 8 (94) 12 (30) 7 (59) 5 (5) 0.57 (0.36–0.91), p = 0.018 0.41 (0.15–1.08), p = 0.071
Substance Use
Tobacco use during pregnancy (T1–T3)
   No 84 (1028) 94 (251) 82 (709) 68 (68) - -
   Yes 17 (203) 6 (15) 18 (156) 32 (32) 3.68 (2.13–6.38), p < 0.001 7.88 (4.03–15.38), p < 0.001
Alcohol use during pregnancy (T1–T3)
   No 32 (391) 49 (131) 29 (247) 13 (13) - -
   Yes 68 (841) 51 (135) 72 (619) 87 (87) 2.43 (1.83–3.22), p < 0.001 6.49 (3.46–12.20), p < 0.001
Illicit drug use during pregnancy (T1–T3)
   No 94 (1151) 96 (254) 94 (808) 89 (89) - -
   Yes 6 (77) 4 (11) 6 (55) 11 (11) 1.57 (0.81–3.05), p = 0.181 2.85 (1.20–6.81), p = 0.018
Health
Pre-pregnancy body mass index (T1; M, IQR) 22.7 (20.5–26.0) 22.5 (20.2–25.9) 22.7 (20.5–26.0) 23.6 (21.7–28.0) 1.01 (0.98–1.03), p = 0.598 1.06 (1.02–1.10), p = 0.004
Anxiety elevated (T1)
   No 89 (1091) 88 (233) 89 (767) 91 (91) - -
   Yes 11 (138) 12 (33) 11 (96) 9 (9) 0.88 (0.58–1.35), p = 0.884 0.70 (0.32–1.52), p = 0.698
Stress elevated (T1)
   No 90 (1104) 92 (245) 90 (772) 87 (87) - -
   Yes 10 (124) 8 (21) 10 (90) 13 (13) 1.36 (0.83–2.23), p = 0.224 1.74 (0.84–3.63), p = 0.138
Depression elevated (T1)
   No 81 (992) 82 (218) 81 (695) 79 (79) - -
   Yes 19 (234) 18 (47) 19 (166) 21 (21) 1.11 (0.78–1.58), p = 0.575 1.23 (0.69–2.19), p = 0.476

Note: For body mass index, 39 participants did not self-report height and weight. T1: item assessed during interview in T1; T2: item assessed during interviewing T2; T3: item assessed in T3/reflecting entire pregnancy experience. SES: socio-economic status; NESB: non-English speaking background; M: median; IQR: inter-quartile range; T1: trimester 1; T2: trimester 2; T3: trimester 3; RRR: relative risk ratio