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Table 1 Descriptive results for study population, demographics, personality traits, eating behaviors, dietary intake, weight gain and neonatal birth weight (n = 360)

From: A longitudinal study on the relationship between mother’s personality trait and eating behaviors, food intake, maternal weight gain during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight

Variables

Mean ± SD

Age (year)

28.46 ± 5.14

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

25.33 ± 3.7

Personality traits (score)

 Neuroticism

33.6 ± 6.16

 Extraversion

40.5 ± 4.35

 Openness

36.16 ± 3.37

 Agreeableness

41.5 ± 3.48

 Conscientiousness

41.15 ± 2.84

Eating behavior (score)

 Restrained eating

2.40 ± 0.5

 Emotional eating

2.44 ± 0.5

 External eating

2.33 ± 0.52

Dietary food (serving/day)

 Grains

12 ± 3.6

 Dairy products

5.13 ± 1.95

 Proteins

4.04 ± 1.68

 Fruits

3.45 ± 1.09

 Vegetables

2.09 ± 0.95

Total weight gain (kg)

12.7 ± 3.2

Second half of pregnancy weight gain (kg)

11.28 ± 3.27

Birth weight (kg)

3.1 ± 0.47