Dietary quality, as measured by the Alternative Healthy Eating Index for Pregnancy (AHEI-P), in couples planning their first pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dietary quality (DQ), as assessed by the Alternative Healthy Eating Index for Pregnancy (AHEI-P), and conception and pregnancy outcomes were evaluated.

Design

In this prospective cohort study on couples planning their first pregnancy. Cox proportional hazards regression assessed the relationship between AHEI-P score and clinical pregnancy, live birth and pregnancy loss.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the Northeast region of the USA.Participants: Healthy, nulliparous couples (females, n 132; males, n 131; one male did not enrol).

Results

There were eighty clinical pregnancies, of which sixty-nine resulted in live births and eleven were pregnancy losses. Mean (sd) female AHEI-P was 71·0 (13·7). Of those who achieved pregnancy, those in the hig

SUBMITTER: Hsiao PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6879805 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature