Maternal dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy in relation with anthropometric measurements of newborns at birth: a cohort study in Tehran city

Karimi, Tahereh; Eini-Zinab, Hassan; Rezazadeh, Arezoo; Moslemi, Zeinab

doi:10.1186/s12887-021-03102-3

Table 6 Relationship of maternal dietary diversity score and nutritional adequacy before and during pregnancy with anthropometric measurement of newborn at birth^*

From: Maternal dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy in relation with anthropometric measurements of newborns at birth: a cohort study in Tehran city

		DDS				MAR
		Pre-pregnancy (n = 337)		Third trimester of pregnancy (n = 337)		Pre-pregnancy (n = 337)		Third trimester of pregnancy (n = 337)
		B(95%CI)	P-value	B (95%CI)	P-value	B (95%CI)	P-value	B (95%CI)	P-value
Weight	Crude model^a	18.16 (−22.32_58.64)	0.37	−14.36 (−51.48_22.76)	0.44	−29.34 (−83.73_25.04)	0.29	−53.5 (− 116.2_9.12)	0.09
Weight	Adjusted Model^b	−2.65 (−74.00_68.70)	0.94	−76.93 (− 142.18_11.68)	0.02	−0.54 (− 1.09_0.004)	0.05	−98.51 (− 181.94_-15.08)	0.02
Height	Crude model^a	0.03 (− 0.15_0.21)	0.73	0.008 (− 0.18_0.16)	0.92	− 0.17 (− 0.41_0.07)	0.17	− 0.22 (− 0.51_0.07)	0.14
Height	Adjusted Model^b	0.02 (− 0.26_0.31)	0.86	− 0.009 (− 0.3_0.28)	0.95	− 0.001 (− 0.004_0.001)	0.27	−0.38 (− 0.76_0.003)	0.05
CH	Crude model^a	0.06 (−0.09_0.23)	0.40	0.04 (−0.11_0.2)	0.57	−0.28 (− 0.5_-0.07)	0.009	− 0.17 (0.44_0.09)	0.21
CH	Adjusted Model^b	0.13 (−0.02_0.29)	0.25	0.06 (−0.24_0.36)	0.67	−0.25 (− 0.59_0.07)	0.12	− 0.36 (0-.8_0.07)	0.10
WAZ	Crude model^a	0.04 (−0.04_0.13)	0.28	−0.01 (− 0.09_0.06)	0.71	− 0.08 (− 0.2_0.04)	0.19	−0.09 (− 0.23_0.04)	0.17
WAZ	Adjusted Model^b	0.002 (0.15_0.15)	0.98	−0.16 (− 0.23_0.3)	0.02	− 0.001 (− 0.002_0.00)	0.03	−0.18 (− 0.35_-0.004)	0.04
HAZ	Crude model^a	0.009 (−0.08_0.1)	0.85	−0.01 (− 0.11_0.08)	0.76	− 0.08 (− 0.21_0.04)	0.21	−0.04 (− 0.2_-.12)	0.76
HAZ	Adjusted Model^b	0.01 (0.14_0.16)	0.86	−0.003 (− 0.16_0.15)	0.96	0.71 (− 0.002_0.00)	0.2	− 0.14 (− 0.34_0.06)	0.86
BAZ	Crude model^a	0.07 (−0.04_0.2)	0.21	−0.01 (− 0.12_0.1)	0.85	−0.05 (− 0.22_0.1)	0.49	−0.11 (− 0.3_0.07)	0.85
BAZ	Adjusted Model^b	0.008 (−0.2_0.21)	0.93	−0.24 (0.41_-0.02)	0.007	−0.001 (− 0.003_0.00)	0.12	− 0.16 (− 0.4_0.07)	0.08
HCZ	Crude model^a	0.1 (−0.01_0.05)	0.09	0.04 (−0.08_0.17)	0.47	−0.001 (− 0.002_0.001)	0.24	−0.09 (− 0.06_0.07)	0.22
HCZ	Adjusted Model^b	0.03 (0.19_0.25)	0.78	−0.04 (− 0.06_ − 0.42)	0.07	-0. 01 (− 0.002_0.01)	0.1	−0.001 (− 0.44_0.11)	0.19

*P-value was obtained using linear regression analysis and P < 0.05 was considered as significant
B Regression coefficient, CI Confidence Intervals, HC Head Circumference, WAZ Weight for Age Z-score, HAZ Height for Age Z-score, BAZ BMI for Age Z-score, HCZ Head Circumference for age Z-score
^aRow Model: without adjustment of confounding factors
^bAdjusted model: Adjusted for maternal confounding variables (age, education, occupation, iron and folic acid supplementation status, smoking, maternal illness, pregnancy complications, number of births, history of miscarriage and stillbirth) and infant-related confounding variables (gender, polygamy, gestational week)

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