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Table 2 Daily nutrient intake of pregnant women and infants

From: Association between maternal intake of n-6 to n-3 fatty acid ratio during pregnancy and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months of age: results of the MOCEH cohort study

Nutrient intake

n

Mean ± S.D.

Range

Pregnant women

 Energy, kcal/day

960

1789.5 ± 493.7

611.2 - 3935.1

 Carbohydrate, g/d

960

280.6 ± 81.1

74.7 - 617.1

 Protein, g/d

960

69.3 ± 25.1

21.5 -211.2

 Lipid

960

46.7 ± 24.0

3.7 - 181.0

 n-6 PUFAs, g/d

960

10.1 ± 6.2

0.03 - 47.57

 LA

 

9.8 ± 6.1

0.03 -47.2

 AA

 

0.1 ± 0.1

0 -0.8

 n-3 PUFAs, g/d

960

1.5 ± 1.4

0.04 -11.74

 ALA

 

1.0 ± 0.8

0.01 - 8.0

 EPA

 

0.1 ± 0.3

0 -3.4

 DHA

 

0.3 ± 0.8

0 -9.8

 n-6/n-3 PUFAs

960

9.7 ± 6.3

0.1 -108.2

 LA/ALA

960

11.12 ± 6.9

0.1 -108.2

Infants at 6 months of age

734

  

 Energy, kcal/d

 

604.4 ± 157.6

179.5 - 1259.5

 Carbohydrate, g/d

 

73.9 ± 19.3

21.1 -161.7

 Protein, g/d

 

17.5 ± 8.3

3.3 -53.0

 Lipid, g/d

 

26.9 ± 7.6

6.5 - 51.2

 PUFAs, g/d

 

5.2 ± 1.7

1.05 -10.58

  1. S. D. standard deviation PUFAs polyunsaturated fatty acids LA linoleic acid AA arachidonic acid ALA α-linolenic acid, EPA eicosapentanoic acid; DHA docosahexaenoic acid LA (18:2n-6) eicosadienoic acid (20:2n-6), dihomo-γ-linolenic acid 28 (DGLA; 20:3n-6), AA (20:4n-6) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA n-6; 22:5n-6) for the total amount of n-6 fatty acid; and ALA (18:3n-3), eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA; 20:4n-3), EPA (20:5n-3), DPA n-3 (22:5n-3) and DHA (22:5n-3) for the total amount of n-3 fatty acid