Figure 3
Total 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 = 6.21 (5.36; 7.05), p < 0.001; Quadratic gestational age: β = −0.085 (−0.10; −0.07), p < 0.001. (B) SGA or AGA - Linear gestational age: β = 5.88 (4.98; 6.78), p < 0.001; quadratic gestational age; β = −0.08 (−0.10; −0.06), p < 0.001. LGA - Linear gestational age: β = 7.67 (5.50; 9.83), p < 0.001; gestational age; β = −0.12 (−0.17; −0.07), p < 0.001.
