Fruits and vegetables intake improves birth outcomes of women with gestational diabetes mellitus and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Table 4 Association of maternal disorders of pregnancy (HDP/GDM) with adverse birth outcomes stratified according to tertiles of fruits and vegetables intake (n = 777)

Characteristics	All sample APR (95% CI)	Fruits and vegetables intake			Interaction p-value
Characteristics	All sample APR (95% CI)	Tertile I APR (95% CI)	Tertile II APR (95% CI)	Tertile III APR (95% CI)	Interaction p-value
Preterm birth	3.02 (2.42, 3.77)	7.50 (4.69, 11.98)	2.24 (1.36, 3.68)	2.56 (1.86, 3.51)	0.0043
Low birth weight	5.32 (3.19, 8.88)	5.07 (2.23, 11.54)	5.94 (1.05, 33.71)	7.39 (2.60, 20.95)	0.1604

Model adjusted for area of residence; age, educational level, marital status, ethnicity, religion and occupation of mother; gravidity; trimester of first antenatal visit, number of antenatal care visits, type of nutritional supplement taken during pregnancy, and pre-pregnancy BMI
Tertile values reported are means and standard deviation
APR adjusted prevalence ratio, CI confidence interval

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