Table 3 Characteristics of subjects under different quartile scores of hHcy-related dietary patterns
Pattern 1 | Pattern 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q4 | P values | Q1 | Q4 | P values | |
Age | 29.254 ± 4.203 | 28.869 ± 4.722 | 0.502 | 28.746 ± 4.512 | 30.508 ± 4.679 | 0.0046 |
Educational background | 0.051 | 0.054 | ||||
Senior high school and below | 77(63.64) | 61(50.41) | 54(44.63) | 69(57.02) | ||
College degree or above | 44(36.36) | 60(49.59) | 67(55.37) | 52(42.98) | ||
Gravidity | 0.062 | 0.072 | ||||
Primipara | 57(47.11) | 72(59.50) | 70(57.85) | 55(45.45) | ||
Multipara | 64(52.89) | 49(40.50) | 51(42.15) | 66(54.55) | ||
Pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) | 22.978 ± 4.088 | 22.078 ± 3.393 | 0.063 | 21.836 ± 3.488 | 23.804 ± 4.355 | < 0.001 |
Weight gain during pregnancy | 8.863 ± 4.782 | 9.502 ± 4.337 | 0.276 | 7.947 ± 4.082 | 8.930 ± 5.365 | 0.1084 |
Energy intake (kcal/d) | 1482.1 ± 479.3 | 1523.3 ± 468.7 | 0.002 | 1510.9 ± 508.5 | 1530.0 ± 550.2 | 0.7786 |
Multivitamin supplement intake | ||||||
dietary FA (ug) | 516.10 ± 637.70 | 477.20 ± 411.10 | 0.574 | 518.90 ± 537.60 | 498.90 ± 557.90 | 0.778 |
dietary B12 (ug) | 2.086 ± 3.370 | 2.952 ± 10.550 | 0.394 | 2.153 ± 2.917 | 2.210 ± 2.980 | 0.882 |
dietary B6 (mg) | 1.770 ± 2.070 | 2.010 ± 2.636 | 0.433 | 1.830 ± 1.811 | 1.760 ± 1.866 | 0.768 |
Serological indicator | ||||||
serum FA (nmol/L) | 183.6 ± 110.900 | 219.5 ± 82.669 | 0.0008 | 238.7 ± 96.952 | 115.7 ± 62.542 | < 0.001 |
serum B12 (pmol/L) | 17.752 ± 11.976 | 22.443 ± 9.465 | 0.0046 | 23.883 ± 10.075 | 9.266 ± 6.041 | < 0.001 |
serum Hcy (umol/L) | 7.344 ± 3.141 | 5.403 ± 1.805 | < 0.001 | 5.286 ± 1.337 | 9.577 ± 2.833 | < 0.001 |