Effect of lifestyle interventions of pregnant women on their dietary habits, lifestyle behaviors, and weight gain: a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Lifestyle behaviors of groups and adjusted group differences (95 % CI) of posttest

Variables	Pre	Post	Adjusted mean difference to controls^a	p value^a
Health-promoting lifestyle behavior
Control	122.75 ± 17.66	125.11 ± 16.86
Intervention	124.26 ± 16.96	138.22 ± 16.86	+11.02 (4.52–17.51)	0.001
Nutrition
Control	21.62 ± 3.53	22.48 ± 4.26		0.023
Intervention	21.63 ± 4.68	23.33 ± 3.29	+1.62 (0.23–3.02)
Physical activity
Control	12.06 ± 4.24	14.04 ± 4.21
Intervention	12.60 ± 3.42	17.91 ± 4.30	+3.12 (1.51–4.74)	0.0002

CI confidence interval. Missing for each groups, n = 6. Control, n = 45; intervention, n = 45
^aANCOVA, mean group differences adjusted for baseline intake of the outcome variable (pretest), prepregnancy age, BMI, education year, and gravidity, p < 0.05

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