Assessing the Mediterranean diet adherence during pregnancy: Practical considerations based on the associations with cardiometabolic risk

•The MedDietScore is recommended to assess MD adherence throughout pregnancy as it was superior to the rest of the MD indices.•The MFP is recommended to assess MD adherence at the 16th and 34th g.w.•The MDS-P (developed for pregnant women) is recommended to assess MD adherence at the 34th g.w.•ROC-derived threshold to identify high cardiometabolic risk for the MFP, MedDietScore and MDS-P indices were 21, 30, and 6 points, respectively.