Fig. 4: Urinary mycoestrogen concentrations (ng/ml) in relation to dietary parameters in UPSIDE participants (N = 172).

^†To facilitate interpretation, the Healthy Eating Index moderation (refined grains, sodium, added sugars, and saturated fats) subscores are multiplied by −1 such that that higher scores indicate higher consumption. The maximum score for total fruit, whole fruit, vegetable, greens and beans, total protein, seafood, and plant protein, is 5, and for whole grains. dairy, fatty acids, refined grains, sodium, added sugars, and saturated fats it is 10. Dietary measures are averages of two dietary recalls connected in the second trimester. All mycoestrogen concentrations are specific gravity adjusted and missing values were assigned LOD/√2. aZOL alpha-zearalenol, ZEN zearalenone, SUM sum of mycoestrogen analytes.