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Table 2 Preconceptional lifestyle recommendations among planned and unplanned/ambivalent pregnancies

From: Planning is not equivalent to preparing, how Dutch women perceive their pregnancy planning in relation to preconceptional lifestyle behaviour change - a cross-sectional study

 

Cohort (N = 1,077)

Unplanned / Ambivalent (N = 156)

Planned (N = 921)

Adjusted P-valuea

Nutrition

  Fruit Intake (≥ 2 pieces)

283 (26.3)

22 (14.1)

261 (28.3)

0.002

  Vegetable Intake (≥ 250 g)

77 (7.1)

10 (6.4)

67 (7.3)

0.775

  Caffeine Intake (≤ 1 beverage)

292 (27.1)

37 (23.7)

255 (27.7)

0.115

Lifestyle behaviours

  Smoking (none)

966 (89.7)

119 (76.3)

847 (92.0)

 <  0.001

  Second-hand smoking (no exposure)

924 (85.8)

114 (73.1)

810 (87.9)

 <  0.001

  Alcohol use (none)

514 (47.7)

58 (37.2)

456 (49.5)

 <  0.001

  Folic acid supplements (≥ 4 weeks before conception)

660 (61.3)

20 (12.8)

640 (69.5)

 <  0.001

  Exercise norm (≥ 150 min per week)

471 (43.7)

59 (37.8)

412 (44.7)

0.531

PCC-behaviours

  Retrieved PCC-information

655 (60.8)

33 (21.2)

622 (67.5)

 <  0.001

  PCC-consultation

275 (25.5)

9 (5.8)

266 (28.9)

 <  0.001

  1. Numbers (%), between brackets the preconceptional lifestyle recommendations based on national guidelines
  2. PCC Preconception care
  3. aAdjusted for; age, ethnicity, BMI, educational level and parity