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

Table 3 Nutrient intakes 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
Nutrient	Arm	LSM	95 % CI		LSM	95 % CI		LSM	95 % CI		Time	Arm	Int
Total fat (% energy)	PAT	35.7	33.4	38.0	32.8	30.5	35.2	34.6	32.1	37.1	0.175	0.990	0.233
RDI ≤ 35 %	PATE	35.6	33.2	38.1	34.9	32.0	37.8	32.7	29.5	35.8
Saturated fat (% energy)	PAT	11.4	10.4	12.5	10.7	9.7	11.7	10.5	9.5	11.6	0.204	0.178	0.780
RDI ≤ 10 %	PATE	10.6	9.6	11.6	10.4	9.3	11.7	9.6	8.5	10.8
Cholesterol (mg)^c	PAT	203	141	266	193	130	256	165	102	227	0.211	0.151	0.143
RDI ≤ 300 mg	PATE	179	116	242	248	185	311	228	166	291
Fiber (g)^c	PAT	10.7	8.4	13.1	11.7	9.4	14.0	11.3	9.0	13.6	0.881	0.607	0.869
RDI ≥ 28 g	PATE	10.2	7.9	12.5	11.3	9.0	13.6	10.4	8.1	12.7
Sodium (mg)	PAT	3770	3332	4208	3839	3379	4298	3725	3246	4203	0.700	0.334	0.900
RDI ≤ 1500 mg	PATE	3624	3158	4090	3718	3144	4293	3378	2766	3990
Calcium (mg)^d	PAT	960	842	1094	939	818	1078	966	837	1115	0.305	0.281	0.151
RDI = 1000 mg	PATE	861	749	990	1015	855	1205	792	659	951
Folate (mcg)	PAT	1246	1071	1421	1275	1092	1459	1252	1061	1444	0.904	0.278	0.990
RDI = 600 mcg	PATE	1142	956	1329	1200	970	1429	1157	912	1401
Iron (mg)^c	PAT	41.2	36.3	46.2	41.6	36.7	46.5	41.9	37.0	46.9	0.710	0.555	0.917
RDI = 27 mg	PATE	39.2	34.2	44.1	43.0	38.1	47.9	40.3	35.4	45.2
Vitamin C (mg)^c,e	PAT	162	117	207	197	152	241	183	139	228	0.690	0.471	0.947
RDI = 85 mg	PATE	153	109	198	179	134	224	163	118	208
Vitamin D (mcg)	PAT	12.4	10.7	14.2	11.6	9.8	13.4	12.3	10.5	14.2	0.907	0.380	0.559
RDI = 5 mcg	PATE	10.9	9.1	12.8	11.3	9.2	13.4	11.0	8.8	13.2
Choline (mg)^c	PAT	240	181	299	248	189	307	206	147	265	0.745	0.392	0.403
RDI = 450 mg	PATE	223	164	282	280	221	339	239	180	298

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)
^cValues are medians and associated 95 % confidence intervals from quantile regression
^dRDI = 1300 mg for participants 18 years of age
^eRDI = 80 mg for participants 18 years of age

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