Research Article
Maternal Dietary Patterns during Third Trimester in Association with Birthweight Characteristics and Early Infant Growth
Table 1
Alternative Healthy Eating Index for Pregnancy (AHEI-P)a scoring method and mean AHEI-P scores for 893 women in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II.
| Component | Criterion for minimum (0) | Criterion for maximum (10) | Mean score ± SD |
| Vegetables, servings/d | 0 | ≥5 | | Whole fruit, servings/d | 0 | ≥4 | | Whole grains, g/d | 0 | 75 | | Sugar-sweetened beverages, servings/d | ≥1 | 0 | | Nuts and legumes, servings/d | 0 | ≥1 | | Red/processed meat, servings/d | ≥1.5 | 0 | | trans Fat, % of energy | ≥4 | ≤0.5 | | Long-chain fats (EPA + DHA), mg/d | 0 | 250 | | PUFA, % of energy | ≤2 | ≥10 | | Sodium, mg/d | Highest decile | Lowest decile | | Calcium, mg/d | 0 | ≥1200 | | Folate, mcg/d | 0 | ≥600 | | Iron, mg/d | 0 | ≥27 | | AHEI-P | — | — | |
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The AHEI-P score was adapted from Rifas-Shiman et al. 2009 and Chiuve et al. 2012 [15, 16]; out of 130 points.
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