Figure 2
LDL-cholesterol changes during pregnancy in a sample of 199 women and their newborns followed at a public health centre in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, 2009–2012. (A) Change per gestational week. (B) Change per gestational week according to birth weight categories. Note: The models were adjusted for age, education, smoking habit, pre-pregnancy leisure time physical activity, pre-pregnancy energy intake, glycaemia, parity, early pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain and quadratic gestational age. Data are presented as linear mixed effect coefficient (β) and 95% CI. p-value refers to the maximum likelihood estimator. (A) Linear gestational age: β = 3.46 (2.77; 4.14), p < 0.001; Quadratic gestational age: β = −0.042 (−0.06; −0.02), p < 0.001. (B) SGA or AGA - Linear gestational age: β = 3.11 (2.38; 3.83), p < 0.001; quadratic gestational age; β = −0.03 (−0.05; −0.02), p < 0.001. LGA - Linear gestational age: β = 4.956 (3.30; 6.62), p < 0.001; gestational age; β = −0.08 (−0.12; −0.04), p < 0.001.
