TABLE 1.

Anthropometric and clinical characteristics of a cross-section of second-trimester pregnant women with contrasting dietary patterns from the FAMILY study

Parameter	Poor Diet Group (n = 25)	Good Diet Group (n = 25)	P
Age (years)	31.3 ± 5.2	33.7 ± 5.7	0.14
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)	29.3 ± 7.4	24.6 ± 5.3	0.011
Gestational weight gain (kg)	14.8 ± 6.9	14.1 ± 4.4	0.69
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	6.0 ± 1.2	6.9 ± 1.0	0.015
LDL (mmol/l)	3.1 ± 1.0	3.5 ± 1.3	0.32
HDL (mmol/l)	1.8 ± 0.4	2.2 ± 0.5	0.006
TGs (mmol/l)	2.2 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.9	0.76
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/l)	4.4 ± 0.4	4.4 ± 0.5	0.69
HbA1c	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.003	0.65
Diet quality index score	−9.1 ± 3.0 (−16.5 to −6.2)	12.0 ± 1.9 (10.8–17.4)	<0.0001
Fish/seafood (servings/day)	0.1 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.2	<0.0001
Total [EPA+ DHA] (g/day)	0.07 ± 0.06	0.39 ± 0.50	<0.0001
Total fiber (g/day)	18.3 ± 8.3	34.2 ± 7.6	<0.0001
Full-fat dairy (servings/day)	1.2 ± 1.1	1.6 ± 1.4	0.36

Data are presented as mean ± 1 SD. Statistical comparisons assuming equal (t-test) or unequal variance (Welch’s t-test) or nonparametric Mann-Whitney tests were performed as appropriate. P < 0.05 was considered significant.