Gestational dietary patterns are not associated with blood pressure changes during pregnancy and early postpartum in a Brazilian prospective cohort
European Journal of Nutrition
Ilana Eshriquia
Ana Amélia Freitas Vilelaa,b
Fernanda Rebeloa,c
Dayana Rodrigues Fariasa,b
Maria Beatriz Trindade Castroa
*Gilberto Kaca,b
a Nutritional Epidemiology Observatory, Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, RJ, Brazil.
b Graduate Program in Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, RJ, Brazil.
c National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, RJ, Brazil
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Online Resource Table 1. Mean and standard deviation (SD) of the daily frequency and portion size of the food groups considered across the three dietary patterns identified during the pregnancy in a cohort of pregnant women attending in a public health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009-2012a
Milk / 1.22 (0.98) / 220.79 (207.89)
Dairy products / 0.69 (0.75) / 53.68 (63.28)
Fruit / 1.89 (1.28) / 311.57 (217.15)
Fruit juice / 0.60 (0.74) / 136.95 (172.73)
Green vegetables and legumes / 2.13 (2.08) / 116.19 (139.23)
Fish / 0.13 (0.24) / 20.34 (39.53)
Cakes and cookies-crackers / 0.91 (0.86) / 47.33 (51.21)
Tea / 0.07 (0.18) / 13.54 (35.93)
Rice / 1.98 (0.76) / 223.97 (110.48)
Beans / 1.73 (0.89) / 247.10 (196.88)
Vegetable spices / 3.99 (2.02) / 33.81 (20.03)
Eggs / 0.26 (0.24) / 16.57 (17.23)
Breads and fats / 2.37 (1.73) / 100.88 (92.97)
Meats / 0.52 (0.35) / 63.80 (54.86)
Beef / 0.38 (0.29) / 47.31 (37.21)
Candies and sugar / 2.71 (1.42) / 93.11 (79.81)
Pasta, roots and tubers / 0.84 (0.65) / 116.18 (92.67)
Fast food and Snacks / 1.21 (1.01) / 101.84 (109.03)
Sausages and deli meats / 0.41 (0.67) / 13.46 (21.79)
Soft drinks / 0.56 (0.89) / 164.25 (348.34)
Coffee / 0.92 (0.90) / 81.54 (102.87)
Online Resource Table 2. Distribution of factor loadings and communalities (h2) of the three dietary patterns identified during the pregnancy (n = 187) in a cohort of pregnant women attending in a public health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009-2012a
Healthy / Common-Brazilian / Processed / h2
Milk / 0.301 / 0.151 / 0.298 / 0.386
Dairy products / 0.534 / 0.019 / 0.177 / 0.456
Fruit / 0.681 / 0.073 / -0.078 / 0.383
Fruit juice / 0.441 / -0.112 / 0.006 / 0.379
Green vegetables and legumes / 0.629 / 0.259 / -0.064 / 0.377
Fish / 0.490 / 0.205 / 0.010 / 0.327
Cakes and cookies-crackers / 0.406 / -0.263 / 0.074 / 0.297
Tea / 0.480 / -0.135 / -0.014 / 0.483
Rice / 0.014 / 0.807 / -0.033 / 0.231
Beans / 0.057 / 0.733 / -0.104 / 0.246
Vegetable spices / 0.120 / 0.694 / 0.114 / 0.373
Eggs / 0.006 / 0.305 / -0.025 / 0.240
Breads and fats / -0.339 / 0.343 / 0.182 / 0.341
Meats / 0.122 / 0.049 / 0.224 / 0.324
Beef / 0.017 / -0.057 / -0.197 / 0.337
Candies and sugar / 0.038 / -0.166 / 0.498 / 0.383
Pasta, roots and tubers / 0.154 / 0.039 / 0.367 / 0.306
Fast food and Snacks / -0.102 / -0.150 / 0.675 / 0.325
Sausages and deli meats / 0.037 / 0.134 / 0.685 / 0.292
Soft drinks / -0.290 / -0.019 / 0.399 / 0.394
Coffee / 0.052 / 0.165 / -0.203 / 0.324
Number of groups / 8 / 5 / 8
Eigenvalues / 2.50 / 2.07 / 1.78
% of variance explained / 11.90 / 9.85 / 8.49
% of cumulative variance explained / 11.90 / 21.75 / 30.24
a Kaiser Mayer Olkin test= 0.595; Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity, p < 0.001.
b The dietary patterns were composed by the food groups with the value of the factor loadings in bold.