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Table 3 The mean and standard deviation of eating behavior scores, total and second half of pregnancy weight gain and birth weight of infants among different tertile groups of personality traits (n = 360)a

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

  

Restrained eating (score)

Emotional eating (score)

External eating (score)

Total weight gain (kg)

Second-half weight gain (kg)

Birth weight (kg)

Personality traits

N

Mean(SD)

Neuroticism

 Low

115

2.38(0.42)

2.44(0.47)ab

2.26(0.50)a

12.33(3.35)a

11.03(3.38)ab

3.12(0.48)ab

 Moderate

149

2.36(0.53)

2.38(0.51)a

2.27(0.50)a

13.5(3.12)b

11.94(3.09)a

3.16(0.47)a

 high

96

2.49(0.54)

2.56(0.50)b

2.48(0.53)b

12.1(3.26)a

10.57(3.24)b

2.99(0.43)b

p-value#

0.14

0.027**

0.002**

0.001**

0.004**

0.02*

Extraversion

 Low

100

2.45(0.54)a

2.43(0.47)ab

2.33(0.54)

12.89(3.12)

11.49(2.92)

3.09(0.46)

 Moderate

142

2.29(0.45)b

2.36(0.49)a

2.27(0.44)

12.87(3.57)

11.2(3.68)

3.14(0.47)

 high

118

2.50(0.51)a

2.56(0.51)b

2.39(0.58)

12.51(3.07)

11.21(3.04)

3.06(0.51)

p-value#

0.002**

0.004**

0.18

0.6

0.7

0.11

Openness

 Low

113

2.36(0.47)a

2.28(0.42)a

2.20(0.44)ab

12.69(2.91)

11.27(2.82)

3.09(0.4)

 Moderate

159

2.36(0.47)ab

2.50(0.52)b

2.32(0.48)a

13.03(3.46)

11.36(3.45)

3.15(0.43)

 high

88

2.55(0.57)b

2.56(0.53)b

3.50(0.63)b

12.35(3.41)

11.17(3.5)

3.02(0.51)

p-value#

0.007**

0.001**

0.001**

0.2

0.9

0.18

Agreeableness

 Low

91

2.39(0.64)

2.41(0.47)

2.32(0.56)

12.84(2.87)

11.23(2.73)

3.15(0.43)

 Moderate

183

2.42(0.46)

2.45(0.49)

2.35(0.47)

12.9(3.41)

11.49(3.49)

3.08(0.46)

 high

86

2.38(0.43)

2.46(0.54)

2.29(0.57)

12.36(3.43)

10.9(3.31)

3.11(0.51)

p-value#

0.74

0.75

0.71

0.4

0.38

0.49

Conscientiousness

 Low

90

2.38(0.52)ab

2.44(0.46)a

2.27(0.49)ab

12.79(3.18)ab

11.28(2.98)

3.25(0.43)a

 Moderate

170

2.34(0.47)a

2.31(0.48)ab

2.24(0.51)a

13.13(3.29)a

11.52(3.29)

3.18(0.46)a

 high

100

2.54(0.51)b

2.68(0.47)b

2.52(0.50)b

12.09(3.29)b

10.88(3.47)

2.96(0.48)b

p-value#

0.005**

0.001**

0.001**

0.04*

0.3

0.001**

  1. aData are presented as Mean (SD), # One way ANOVA, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, Tukey post hoc analysis was done and different letters indicated the significant difference