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Table.2 Daily dietary intake of participants in the second trimester

From: The association between soy intake and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

Item

All

Soy intake < 40 g/d

Soy intake ≥40 g/d

P value

Duration of folic acid intake before pregnancy (median (IQR), month)

3.00 (1.6)

3.00 (3.0)

2.00 (1.4)

0.566

Duration of folic acid intake during pregnancy (median (IQR), month)

4.0 (2.0)

4.00 (2.0)

4.00 (2.0)

0.640

Grains (mean ± SD, g/d) *

359.55 ± 183.73

342.27 ± 172.73

381.37 ± 195.45

0.114

Vegetables (median (IQR), g/d)

300.00 (350.00)

250.00 (300.00)

300.00 (400.00)

0.022

Fruits (median (IQR), g/d)

425.00 (375.00)

350.00 (300.00)

500.00 (450.00)

< 0.001

Meat (median (IQR), g/d)

200.00 (277.80)

172.40 (223.00)

213.00 (284.00)

0.165

Seafood (median (IQR), g/d)

26.75 (47.44)

17.45 (34.69)

29.00 (62.44)

0.001

Eggs (median (IQR), g/d)

50.00 (14.50)

50.00 (14.50)

50.00 (14.50)

0.274

Nuts (median (IQR), g/d)

29.00 (56.50)

25.00 (42.75)

43.50 (85.00)

0.003

Milk (median (IQR), g/d)

250.00 (322.50)

250.00 (322.50)

250.00 (343.13)

0.875

Oils (median (IQR), g/d)

30.00 (45.00)

30.00 (35.00)

30.00 (65.00)

0.719

  1. Note: M mean, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, g/d gram per day
  2. Independent t-test (*) and Mann Whitney U test were used. A P-value below 0.05 was considered statistically significant