Use of alternative medicine, ginger and licorice among Danish pregnant women – a prospective cohort study

Table 5 Maternal blood pressure at gestational week 29 in relation to licorice consumption

Licorice consumption	BMI Mean, 95% CI	Systolic blood pressure mmHg Mean, 95% CI	Diastolic blood pressure mmHg Mean, 95% CI	P-value systolic/diastolic
Daily	27.44 (23.91–30.97)	122.81 (116.01–129.61)	75.06 (69.86–80.26)	0.04/0.51^b
Weekly	27.41 (26.04–28.77)	119.37 (116.62–122.12)	75.35 (73.53–77.18)	0.34/0.42^b
Rarely^a	25.81 (24.81-26.81)	118.82 (116.37–121.27)	75.82 (74.10–77.53)
Never^a	27.72 (25.18-30.26)	118.19 (113.77–122.60)	72.93 (68.08–77.77)

^aReference groups
^bOne-tailed Mann-Whitney test
Among the women reporting daily consumption of licorice in first trimester, the measured blood pressure later in pregnancy was significant higher than the women who reported a rarely or no intake

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