Lifestyle intervention to prevent excessive maternal weight gain: mother and infant follow-up at 12 months postpartum

Table 3 The association between reported dietary intake during pregnancy and infant weight at 12 months

Dietary component	Unadjusted effect size (95 % CI)	P^a	Adjusted effect size (95 % CI)	P^b
Energy intake (100 kcal/day)
16^th-18^th week	−17 (−52, 17)	0.317	−9 (41, 23)	0.575
36^th-38^th week	13 (−26, 53)	0.510	16 (−22, 54)	0.402
Change	5 (−35, 44)	0.813	4 (−34, 41)	0.853
Fat (g/day)
16^th-18^th week	−3 (−10, 4)	0.359	−2 (−8, 4)	0.537
36^th-38^th week	2 (−6, 9)	0.650	2 (−6, 9)	0.659
Change	2 (−6, 9)	0.652	1 (−6, 8)	0.803
Carbohydrates (g/day)
16^th-18^th week	−1 (−4, 1)	0.341	−1 (−3, 2)	0.618
36^th-38^th week	1 (−2, 4)	0.514	1 (−1, 4)	0.355
Change	0 (−3, 3)	0.879	0 (−2, 3)	0.829
Protein (g/day)
16^th-18^th week	−1 (−9, 8)	0.896	1 (−7, 9)	0.794
36^th-38^th week	2 (−8, 12)	0.672	2 (−7, 11)	0.677
Change	−2 (−12, 8)	0.693	−3 (−12, 6)	0.547
Fibre (g/day)
16^th-18^th week	−7 (28, 13)	0.486	4 (−16, 23)	0.723
36^th-38^th week	−1 (−22, 20)	0.927	2 (−18, 23)	0.828
Change	−3 (−29, 23)	0.815	−8 (33, 16)	0.500

Effect sizes from regression models as estimated marginal mean difference (95 % CI)
^a unadjusted model
^b linear mixed model adjusted for practice (random factor), maternal age and pre-pregnancy BMI, infant age at follow-up, birth weight and group

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