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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics of the participants according to the low carbohydrate diet (LCD) quartiles

From: Association between adherence to a low carbohydrate dietary (LCD) pattern with breast milk characteristics and oxidative markers in infants’ urine: a cross-sectional study

Variables (score)

Q1

79 (22.5%)

Q4

113 (32.2%)

p-Values

M Age (y)

27.8 ± 5.5

29.5 ± 1.1

0.05

M SBP (mmHg)

102 ± 0.9

106 ± 0.9

0.16

M DBP (mmHg)

63 ± 0.5

61 ± 0.1

0.51

M BMI (Kg/m2)

26.4 ± 2.4

26.7 ± 3.5

0.65

I Age (days)

135.6 ± 53.9

143.6 ± 43.6

0.81

Male sex of infants (%)

22.3

27.1

0.35

I head circumference (cm)

39.8 ± 2.8

40.8 ± 1.9

0.72

  1. Abbreviations: Dietary pattern (DP), Mother (M); Infant (I); Body mass index (BMI); Systolic blood pressure (SBP); Diastolic blood pressure (DBP)
  2. Data presented as Mean ± SD or number (%)