Maternal Dietary Patterns during Third Trimester in Association with Birthweight Characteristics and Early Infant Growth

Table 4

Mean differences in birth weight, weight-for-length (WFL), and change in WFL z-scores per unit increase in dietary pattern indices.

	Birthweight^a	Birth WFL^a	Change in WFL at 4–6 months^b
	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)	Estimate (95% CI)
𝑛 (number of obs. used)	815	815	426
AHEI-P	0.002 (−0.003, 0.008)	0.005 (−0.004, 0.013)	0.009 (−0.004, 0.023)
aMED	−0.003 (−0.036, 0.031)	0.03 (−0.03, 0.08)	0.06 (−0.03, 0.14)
GI	−0.015 (−0.031, 0.001)	−0.02 (−0.04, 0.01)	−0.01 (−0.04, 0.03)
GL	−0.002 (−0.004, 0.001)	0.0004 (−0.0028, 0.0036)	−0.003 (−0.009, 0.002)

aAdjusted for total energy intake, race, education, age, poverty index ratio, smoking, alcohol, pre-pregnancy BMI, and gestational age; ^balso adjusted for birth WFL.