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Table 3 Reported intake of fish, meat, and energy in all three trimesters ¹

From: A randomized longitudinal dietary intervention study during pregnancy: effects on fish intake, phospholipids, and body composition

	Fish intake (g/week)			Meat intake (g/week)			Energy intake (kcal/day)
Trimester	Control group²	Intervention group³	P⁵	Control group²	Intervention group³	P⁵	Control group²	Intervention group³	P⁵
1^st	450 (300, 600)	300 (150, 450)	0.10	1050 (788, 1750)	963 (525, 1269)	0.26	2282 (1992, 2936)	2161 (1814, 2335)	0.25
2^nd	450 (300, 600)	413 (225, 488)⁶	0.78	1225 (700, 1750)	1006 (678, 1312)	0.29	2419 (2026, 2878)	2196 (2008, 2510)	0.44
3^rd	450 (300, 525)	375 (300, 600)⁷	0.88	1400 (700, 1925)	1007 (875, 1269)	0.21	2330 (2010, 2678)	2364 (2033, 2860)	0.72
P⁴	0.98	0.006		0.49	0.35		0.44	0.66

¹Values are medians with interquartile range (25^th percentile, 75^th percentile). ²n = 15-17. ³n = 18. ⁴Friedman test analyses within treatment groups, followed by post-hoc Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. ⁵Differences between groups in each trimester were analyzed by Mann–Whitney U tests. ⁶P = 0.03 between the first and second trimesters. ⁷P = 0.01 between the first and third trimesters.

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