Table 2 Disparities among BMI groups and correlation between diet variables and BMI/GWG preconceptionally/during pregnancy
Pre-conceptionally | Pregnancy | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal weight | Overweight and obese | U | p | Total | Normal weight | Overweight and obese | U | p | Total | |||||||
Median | rs with BMI | Median | rs with BMI | Median | rs with BMI | Median | rs with GWG | Median | rs with GWG | Median | rs with GWG | |||||
Healthy eating score | 46.0 | 0.308 | 45.0 | 0.238 | 246.0 | 0.524 | 45.5 | 0.102 | 53.0 | − 0.065 | 52.0 | 0.293 | 129.0 | 0.732 | 53.0 | − 0.008 |
Number of meals per day | 3.0 | − 0.055 | 3.0 | 0.284 | 281.5 | 0.819 | 3.0 | − 0.031 | 5.0 | 0.110 | 5.0 | 0.020 | 154.5 | 0.890 | 5.0 | 0.093 |
Complex carbohydrates | 1.0 | 0.241 | 1.0 | 0.661* | 217.5 | 0.939 | 1.0 | 0.186 | 3.0 | 0.197 | 3.0 | − 0.432 | 81.5 | 0.823 | 3.0 | 0.084 |
Fried food | 3.0 | − 0.187 | 3.0 | − 0.546* | 366.0 | 0.227 | 3.0 | − 0.268* | 3.0 | − 0.016 | 2.0 | 0.125 | 199.0 | 0.131 | 3.0 | 0.170 |