Maternal diet quality and nutrient intake in the gestational period: results from the delta healthy sprouts comparative impact trial

Table 2 Diet quality scores for Delta Healthy Sprouts participants in the gestational period by treatment arm and visit (time)

		GM 4 (n = 43 and 38)^a			GM 6 (n = 39 and 25)			GM 8 (n = 36 and 22)^b			P
HEI-2010 Component	Arm	LSM	95 % CI		LSM	95 % CI^c		LSM	95 % CI^c		Time	Arm	Int
Total vegetables	PAT	2.3	1.8	2.7	1.8	1.3	2.2	2.1	1.6	2.5	0.877	0.237	0.367
(Range 0-5)	PATE	1.7	1.3	2.2	1.9	1.4	2.5	1.8	1.2	2.4
Greens & beans	PAT	0.6	0.1	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.243	0.820	0.797
(Range 0-5)	PATE	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.9
Total fruit	PAT	1.3	0.7	1.9	2.2	1.5	2.8	1.5	0.8	2.1	0.713	0.860	0.086
(Range 0–5)	PATE	1.8	1.1	2.4	1.4	0.6	2.2	1.9	1.1	2.8
Whole fruit	PAT	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.8	1.1	2.4	1.2	0.5	1.8	0.248	0.214	0.539
(Range 0–5)	PATE	1.6	0.9	2.2	1.8	1.0	2.6	1.9	1.1	2.8
Whole grains	PAT	2.4	1.4	3.4	1.8	0.7	2.8	2.1	1.1	3.2	0.818	0.388	0.375
(Range 0–10)	PATE	2.5	1.4	3.5	3.1	1.8	4.4	2.1	0.7	3.5
Dairy	PAT	4.4	3.5	5.2	3.6	2.7	4.5	4.0	3.1	4.9	0.311	0.086	0.543
(Range 0–10)	PATE	3.7	2.7	4.6	3.4	2.3	4.5	2.7	1.5	3.9
Total protein foods	PAT	4.4	4.0	4.8	4.3	3.9	4.7	4.2	3.8	4.6	0.960	0.561	0.548
(Range 0–5)	PATE	4.3	3.9	4.7	4.5	4.0	4.9	4.6	4.0	5.1
Seafood & plant proteins	PAT	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	0.960	0.813	0.362
(Range 0–5)	PATE	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.7	0.0	1.4	0.9	0.1	1.7
Fatty acids	PAT	5.2	4.1	6.2	5.2	4.2	6.3	6.4	5.2	7.5	0.397	0.060	0.576
(Range 0–10)	PATE	6.8	5.7	7.9	6.3	5.0	7.7	6.8	5.3	8.2
Sodium	PAT	2.4	1.4	3.3	2.9	2.0	3.9	2.9	1.9	3.9	0.780	0.118	0.653
(Range 0–10)	PATE	3.5	2.5	4.5	3.1	1.9	4.4	3.7	2.4	5.0
Refined grains	PAT	5.8	4.8	6.9	4.5	3.4	5.6	5.3	4.2	6.5	0.054	0.104	0.554
(Range 0–10)	PATE	6.2	5.1	7.3	5.0	3.6	6.4	7.0	5.5	8.5
Empty calories	PAT	10.5	8.8	12.2	10.7	9.0	12.5	12.2	10.4	14.1	0.759	0.450	0.519
(Range 0–20)	PATE	11.9	10.1	13.7	11.9	9.7	14.1	11.5	9.2	13.9
Total	PAT	40.9	37.1	44.8	40.6	36.5	44.6	43.2	39.0	47.5	0.696	0.100	0.813
(Range 0–100)	PATE	45.6	41.5	49.7	43.9	38.9	49.0	45.1	39.7	50.5

GM gestational month; HEI-2010 Healthy Eating Index-2010; LSM least squares mean; CI confidence interval; Int interaction (time x arm); PAT Parents as Teachers control treatment; PATE Parents as Teachers Enhanced experimental treatment
^aMissed dietary recall for 1 PATE participant
^bExcluded dietary recall for 1 PATE participant (in hospital and consumed ice only)
^cNegative lower limits are not feasible and were changed to 0

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