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Table 4 Linear regression analysis of the foods associated with gestational weight gain in 95 Swedish women

From: Food intake and gestational weight gain in Swedish women

 

Univariable

Adjusteda

Adjustedb

B

P

B

P

B

P

Dairy (g/day)

0.004

0.151

0.006

0.015

0.008

0.004

Bread (g/day)

0.013

0.175

0.025

0.008

0.029

0.002

Fruit and vegetables (g/day)

−0.005

0.052

0.000

0.946

0.002

0.481

Fish (g/day)

0.003

0.839

0.022

0.098

0.028

0.036

Red meat (g/day)

0.010

0.407

0.004

0.688

0.009

0.396

Sweet and salty snacks (g/day)

0.024

0.004

0.023

0.005

0.029

0.001

Caloric beverages (g/day)

0.006

0.001

0.006

0.003

0.007

<0.001

Margarine and butter (g/day)

0.014

0.792

−0.089

0.081

−0.074

0.144

Cheese (g/day)

−0.002

0.871

−0.010

0.458

0.005

0.760

Rice, pasta, grains (g/day)

0.001

0.858

0.001

0.896

0.005

0.483

Physical activity levelc

−7.296

0.003

−6.724

0.006

−7.366

0.002

  1. aAdjusted for gestational week at weighing and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)
  2. bAdjusted for gestational week at weighing, pre-pregnancy BMI and food intake level (FIL). FIL was calculated as energy intake divided by basal metabolic rate (BMR). BMR was calculated based on pre-pregnancy weight × 1.2 to account for pregnancy (Henry 2005)
  3. cIn the third trimester of pregnancy, estimated on a 10 graded scale (Bexelius et al. 2010)