Association between 1st trimester diet quality & gestational weight gain rate among pregnant women in Dhulikhel, Nepal

Table 2 Association between diet quality and rate of GWG

Variable	Univariate	P-value	Multivariate	P-value
Variable	β (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted^a β (95% CI)	P-value
Age	0.00 (-0.01, 0.02)	0.63
Education	0.01 (-0.002, 0.03)	0.07
Pre-pregnancy BMI	-0.01 (-0.02, 0.00)	0.11
Ethnicity	-0.02 (-0.12, 0.08)	0.73
Nausea/vomiting	-0.03 (-0.17, 0.11)	0.69
Prime Diet Quality Score	-0.01 (-0.04, 0.02)	0.36	-0.02 (-0.05, 0.01)	0.14
Red Meat Intake^b	0.12 (-0.004, 0.25)	0.06	0.13 (0.01, 0.26)	0.04

Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, CI Confidence interval, GWG Gestational weight gain, kg kilograms, m meters, yrs years
^aAdjusted for age, education, pre-pregnancy BMI, ethnicity, and nausea/vomiting
^bRed meat intake comparing 2–3 servings vs. 0–1 serving (none reported 4 + servings for red meat)

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