Table 2 Characteristics of study population divided by dietary pattern; n = 2054

Age (years)

32.57 ± 4.00

32.10 ± 4.10

31.51 ± 4.43

< 0.001 (8.44, 2)

Weight (kg)

70.76 ± 14.73

66.04 ± 12.40

66.78 ± 11.84

< 0.001 (24.86, 2)

BMI (kg/m²)

25.05 ± 4.99

23.43 ± 4.10

23.31 ± 3.81

< 0.001 (31.32,2)

Number of children (n)

2.46 ± 0.68

2.39 ± 0.68

2.41 ± 0.68

0.17 (1.75, 2)

Breastfeeding (BF)

 Full BF 4 months (n, %)^*n1

987 (91.30)

339 (93.39)

341 (95.79)

0.06, (5.50, 2)

 Full BF 6 months (n, %)^*n2

449 (45.96)

170 (51.05)

200 (60.24)

< 0.001 (22.77, 2)

 BF terminated (n)

218

55

49

 Average age of child at weaning (months)^*n3

16.45 ± 12.22

19.45 ± 10.50

17.89 ± 14.81

0.25 (1.38,2)

Education and household income

 Tertiary education (n, %)*

813 (65.6)

285 (69.5)

265 (65.6)

0.32 (2.28, 2)

 Income above median (n, %)

808 (65.2)

238 (58)

217 (53.7)

< .001 (19.43, 2)