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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the participants across the three tertiles of adherence to the MedDiet (T1, T2 and T3)

From: A Mediterranean diet is associated with improved total antioxidant content of human breast milk and infant urine

Variables

T1

118(33.71%)

T2

112(32%)

T3

120(34.28%)

P valuea

Maternal

 Age (y)

29.9 ± 5

29.4 ± 6.1

28.5 ± 5.3

0.25

 SBP (mmHg)

101 ± 0.7

101 ± 1.2

103 ± 1.0

0.19

 DBP (mmHg)

52 ± 3.4

32 ± 3.6

19 ± 2.0

0.001

 BMI (Kg/m2)

24.4 ± 4

23.5 ± 4.2

24.3 ± 3.0

0.38

Infant

 Age (days)

139.5 ± 55.7

147.2 ± 50.0

148.7 ± 33.8

0.39

 Sex (male), n (%)

128 (55.7%)

134 (53.6%)

80 (46.5%)

0.13

 Weight (Kg)

7.1 ± 1.6

6.9 ± 1.4

7.3 ± 2.6

0.24

 Head circumference (cm)

38.7 ± 23

39.9 ± 34

39.7 ± 28

0.13

  1. Data presented as Mean ± SD
  2. BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, DP Dietary pattern
  3. ap-value from analysis of the variance (ANOVA) for groups comparison