Table 2.
Consumption of the components of the Mediterranean diet in the cases with gestational diabetes mellitus and the controls without gestational diabetes mellitus.
| Components of the MD | Cases (n = 291) Mean (SD) 95% CI p25, p50, p75 |
Controls (n = 1175) Mean (SD) 95% CI p25, p50, p75 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables (g/day) | 584.14 (294.03) | 588.72 (314.88) | 0.082 |
| 550.22–618.07 | 570.69–606.74 | ||
| 355.95, 560.71, 738.09 | 345.24, 540.48, 795.24 | ||
| Fruits (g/day) | 241.34 (185.86) | 217.86 (150.69) | 0.023 |
| 219.89–262.78 | 209.24–226.49 | ||
| 125.16, 207.44, 313.86 | 111.72, 191.30, 291.36 | ||
| Legumes (g/day) | 0.23 (0.12) | 0.23 (0.13) | 0.954 |
| 0.22–0.24 | 0.22–0.24 | ||
| 0.17, 0.22, 0.27 | 0.17, 0.22, 0.27 | ||
| Cereals (g/day) | 236.47 (98.84) | 227.90 (89.02) | 0.151 |
| 225.07–247.88 | 222.80–232.99 | ||
| 173.50, 227.14, 287.14 | 162.86, 227,14, 278.57 | ||
| Fish (g/day) | 89.86 (61.59) | 80.75 (50.18) | 0.008 |
| 82.76–96.97 | 77.88–83.63 | ||
| 47.26, 74.19, 121.43 | 47.26, 70.71, 107.62 | ||
| Dairy products (g/day) | 474.31 (287.95) | 492 (283.38) | 0.342 |
| 441.09–507.53 | 475.78–508.22 | ||
| 275, 397.62, 632.26 | 286.90, 439.52, 648.80 | ||
| Meat and derivatives (g/day) | 172.92 (76.02) | 149.91 (70.65) | <0.001 |
| 164.15–181.69 | 145.87–153.95 | ||
| 119.28, 163.45, 208.69 | 103.09, 141.07, 184.28 | ||
| Ratio of monounsaturated/saturated lipids | 0.98 (0.18) | 0.92 (0.14) | 0.695 |
| 0.95–1.00 | 0.92–0.93 | ||
| 0.85, 0.94, 1.06 | 0.83, 0.91, 1.00 | ||
| Ethanol (g/day) | 0.55 (1.37) | 0.60 (1.83) | <0.001 |
| 0.39–0.71 | 0.49–0.70 | ||
| 0, 0, 0.66 | 0, 0, 0.33 |
g/day: grams/day. p: percentile.