Table 6.
General characteristics of the study participants across different categories of dietary patterns.
| Healthy | Western | Traditional | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P value∗ | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P value∗ | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P value∗ | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Normal | 25.7%1 | 23.7% | 26.5% | 24.1% | 0.5 | 25.2% | 23.5% | 25.2% | 26.1% | 0.6 | 24.1% | 24.1% | 27.2% | 24.6% | 0.4 |
| Overweight | 24.2% | 26.7% | 23% | 26.1% | 24.7% | 27% | 24.7% | 23.6% | 26.1% | 26.1% | 22.2% | 25.6% | ||||
| Mother's occupation | Housekeeper | 25.3% | 26.6% | 25.9% | 22.2% | 0.01 | 23.9% | 25.2% | 25.3% | 25.6% | 0.4 | 24.5% | 26.4% | 25% | 24.1% | 0.3 |
| Employed | 21.4% | 19.8% | 20.6% | 38.1% | 29.4% | 25.4% | 20.6% | 24.6% | 27.8% | 19.8% | 24.6% | 27.8% | ||||
| Teacher | 28.9% | 15.8% | 26.3% | 28.9% | 26.3% | 18.4% | 36.8% | 18.4% | 23.7% | 15.8% | 23.7% | 36.8% | ||||
| Father's occupation | Employed | 17.4% | 22.3% | 29.3% | 31% | <0.001 | 22.7% | 23.1% | 23.1% | 31% | 0.001 | 26.9% | 21.9% | 23.1% | 28.1% | 0.5 |
| Self-employed | 27% | 29.3% | 22.7% | 21.1% | 24.5% | 23.3% | 26.3% | 25.9% | 23.6% | 27% | 26.3% | 23.1% | ||||
| Worker | 33.9% | 14.2% | 25.2% | 26.8% | 32.3% | 33.1% | 23.6% | 11% | 26.8% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 26% | ||||
| Mother's education | Undergraduate | 25.4% | 25.4% | 25.1% | 24% | 0.9 | 25.7% | 23.5% | 27.3% | 23.5% | 0.4 | 21.3% | 28.1% | 27.6% | 23% | 0.03 |
| Graduate | 24.8% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 26% | 24.4% | 26% | 23.3% | 26.4% | 28.2% | 22.3% | 23% | 26.4% | ||||
| Father's education | Undergraduate | 28.3% | 26.7% | 23.1% | 21.8% | 0.01 | 22.5% | 23.8% | 27.6% | 26.1% | 0.1 | 22.7% | 28.5% | 25.4% | 23.4% | 0.02 |
| Graduate | 21.2% | 22.9% | 26.7% | 29.2% | 27.5% | 26.4% | 22% | 24% | 28.1% | 20.1% | 24.5% | 27.3% | ||||
| Socioeconomic status | Low | 28.1% | 23.4% | 31.2% | 17.2% | 0.5 | 32.8% | 31.2% | 21.9% | 14.1% | 0.02 | 12.5% | 37.5% | 29.7% | 20.3% | <0.001 |
| Moderate | 25.2% | 27.6% | 25.2% | 22.1% | 20.1% | 21.8% | 31% | 27.2% | 20.7% | 32.3% | 26.2% | 20.7% | ||||
| High | 23.7% | 25.6% | 24% | 26.6% | 24.3% | 24% | 23.2% | 28.5% | 27.2% | 19% | 23.5% | 30.3% | ||||
| Delivery | Cesarean | 26.9% | 24.1% | 25.5% | 23.4% | 0.7 | 22.4% | 22% | 30.8% | 24.8% | 0.02 | 24.8% | 24.8% | 24.1% | 26.2% | 0.9 |
| Normal | 24% | 25.2% | 24.8% | 26% | 26.5% | 26.7% | 21.6% | 25.2% | 25.2% | 25% | 25.4% | 24.4% | ||||
| IUGR | No | 25.3% | 24.8% | 25.8% | 24.1% | 0.02 | 23.9% | 24.5% | 25.9% | 25.7% | 0.002 | 24.1% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 25.3% | 0.3 |
| Yes | 24.3% | 24.3% | 8.1% | 43.2% | 45.9% | 32.4% | 8.1% | 13.5% | 37.8% | 18.9% | 21.6% | 21.6% | ||||
| Preterm birth | No | 24.6% | 25.2% | 25.2% | 25.1% | 0.04 | 25.2% | 24.7% | 24.8% | 25.3% | 0.1 | 24.4% | 24.8% | 25.6% | 25.2% | 0.1 |
| Yes | 52.9% | 5.9% | 23.5% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 41.2% | 35.3% | 5.9% | 41.2% | 35.3% | 5.9% | 17.6% | ||||
| Stillbirth | No | 24.8% | 25.1% | 25.2% | 24.9% | 0.16 | 25.2% | 24.5% | 25.1% | 25.1% | 0.01 | 24.8% | 25% | 25.2% | 25% | 0.3 |
| Yes | 50% | 12.5% | 0% | 37.5% | 0% | 75% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 50% | 25% | 0% | 25% | ||||
| Abortion | No | 25.8% | 25.8% | 24% | 24.3% | 0.3 | 25.4% | 24.6% | 24.8% | 25.2% | 0.9 | 24.8% | 25.1% | 24.8% | 25.4% | 0.9 |
| Yes | 21.6% | 21.6% | 29% | 27.8% | 23.5% | 26.5% | 25.9% | 24.1% | 25.9% | 24.7% | 25.9% | 23.5% | ||||
| Activity | Very low | 55.6% | 22.2% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 0.02 | 22.2% | 44.4% | 22.2% | 11.1% | 0.1 | 11.1% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 44.4% | 0.5 |
| Low | 25.8% | 28.9% | 21.3% | 24.1% | 25.2% | 26.2% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 27.8% | 24.3% | 24.9% | 23% | ||||
| Moderate | 22.5% | 19.1% | 31.3% | 27.1% | 24.8% | 26% | 26% | 23.3% | 22.5% | 26.3% | 25.6% | 25.6% | ||||
| High | 20% | 27.7% | 30.8% | 21.5% | 23.1% | 9.2% | 30.8% | 36.9% | 16.9% | 29.2% | 24.6% | 29.2% | ||||
BMI: body mass index; IUGR: intrauterine growth retardation.
∗Resulted from ANOVA for quantitative variables and chi-square test for categorical data.
1Values are presented as percent.