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Variables
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Pregnant women
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Breastfeeding women
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|---|
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sample size
|
200
|
150
|
|
Age (years)
|
28.7 (4.0)
|
31.9 (4.1)
|
|
BMI (kg/m2)
|
21.4 (4.0)
|
23 (3.7)
|
|
BMI classificationb
|
|
Underweight
|
25 (13)
|
7 (4)
|
|
Normal
|
138 (69)
|
91 (61)
|
|
Overweight
|
21 (11)
|
39 (26)
|
|
Obesity
|
12 (7)
|
12 (9)
|
|
Working Status
|
|
Housewife
|
59 (30)
|
12 (8)
|
|
Government employment
|
28 (14)
|
57 (38)
|
|
Professionals
|
53 (27)
|
55 (36)
|
|
Service
|
37 (19)
|
22 (15)
|
|
Other
|
18 (9)
|
4 (2)
|
|
Education Level
|
|
High School or below
|
56 (28)
|
11 (7)
|
|
College
|
121 (61)
|
74 (49)
|
|
Postgraduate or up
|
23 (11)
|
65 (44)
|
|
Physical activity
|
|
Low
|
52 (26)
|
82 (55)
|
|
Middle
|
100 (50)
|
24 (16)
|
|
High
|
48 (24)
|
44 (29)
|
|
Gestational week
|
|
First trimester
|
76 (38)
|
–
|
|
Second trimester
|
65 (33)
|
–
|
|
Third trimester
|
59 (29)
|
–
|
|
Feeding modes
|
|
Breastfeeding
|
–
|
79 (52)
|
|
Mixed feeding
|
–
|
71 (48)
|
- aContinuous data were presented as mean (SD) and categorized variables (including BMI classification, working status, educational level, and physical activity and gestational trimesters) as n (%).
- bBMI was calculated with pre-pregnancy weight for pregnant women, and current weight for breastfeeding women
