Table 2.
Maternal dietary information
| All | Boys | Girls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s diet | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | p value* |
| 2nd trimester (n=64) | |||||||
| Fluoride (mg/d) | 0.95 | 0.64, 1.45 | 1.04 | 0.62, 1.47 | 0.92 | 0.67, 1.36 | 0.63 |
| Calcium (mg/d) | 1198.3 | 850.1, 1517.7 | 1177.3 | 878.1, 1435.0 | 1217.6 | 819.1, 1838.8 | 0.77 |
| Energy (Kcal/d) | 2011.1 | 1582.3, 2781.2 | 2080.4 | 1582.3, 2847.0 | 1967.9 | 1580.5, 2664.4 | 0.69 |
| 3rd trimester (n=91) | |||||||
| Fluoride (mg/d) | 0.98 | 0.70, 1.26 | 0.92 | 0.69, 1.18 | 1.000 | 0.79, 1.27 | 0.19 |
| Calcium (mg/d) | 1308.0 | 1045.2, 1666.1 | 1224.5 | 1045.2, 1589.4 | 1374.3 | 1015.9, 1749.6 | 0.19 |
| Energy (Kcal/d) | 2131.2 | 1776.2, 292 4.2 | 2028.9 | 1617.4, 2924.2 | 2337.8 | 1853.3, 2960.5 | 0.17 |
| Average (n=103) | |||||||
| Fluoride (mg/d) | 1.01 | 0.73, 1.32 | 1.01 | 0.69, 1.33 | 1.03 | 0.78, 1.31 | 0.46 |
| Calcium (mg/d) | 1238.8 | 979.4, 1702.4 | 1223.1 | 1009.1, 1666.1 | 1305.7 | 977.0, 1764.3 | 0.26 |
| Energy (Kcal/d) | 2218.0 | 1803.8, 2746.1 | 2191.1 | 1801.6, 2746.1 | 2259.3 | 1833.0, 2773.5 | 0.70 |
| Added salt with salt-shaker: yes: n (%) | 27 (28) | 24 (12) | 30 (16) | 0.60 | |||
*
p value for Wilcoxon test comparing boys and girls