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Table1 Sociodemographic, health, obstetric, and health behaviour predictors for women classified, Exercisers and Non-exercisers during pregnancy

From: Exercise in obese pregnant women: The role of social factors, lifestyle and pregnancy symptoms

 

12 weeks4

20 weeks4

28 weeks4

36 weeks4

VARIABLE

n= 33

n= 17

n= 18

n= 24

n= 17

n= 24

n= 21

n= 15

 

Non-Exercisers

Exercisers

Non-Exercisers

Exercisers

Non-Exercisers

Exercisers

Non-Exercisers

Exercisers

RCT study group

Control Intervention

18 (55%)

15 (45%)

7 (41%)

10 (59%)

10 (63%)

6 (38%)

9 (38%)

15 (63%)

11 (65%)

6 (35%)

8 (33%)

16 (67%)

11 (55%)

9 (45%)

5 (33%) 10

(67%)

p

0.373

0.123

0.047 3

0.203

Age M (SD)

30.0 (5.7)

30.5 (4.7)

29.6 (5.4)

30.3 (5.2)

31.9 (4.5)

29.1 (5.4)

29.4 (5.4)

32.1 (4.4)

p

0.39

0.70

0.09

0.12

Tertiary

10 (30%)

5 (30%)

4 (22%)

11 (46%)

5 (29%)

10 (42%)

4 (19%)

9 (60%)

p

0.951

0.193

0.421

0.02 3

Marital Status

        

Married

24 (73%)

9 (53%)

10 (56%)

17 (71%)

9 (53%)

17 (71%)

13 (62%)

10 (67%)

p

0.161

0.311

0.241

0.771

Employed

24 (73%)

13 (76%)

16 (89%)

17 (71%)

16 (94%)

17 (81%)

18 (86%)

11 (73%)

p

0.773

0.293

0.113

0.423

1 child at home

18 (55%)

12 (71%)

7 (39%)

17 (81%)

8 (47%)

16 (67%)

14 (67%)

9 (60%)

p

0.273

0.038 1

0.211

0.681

Previous miscarriages

3 (9%)

6 (35%)

1 (6%)

6 (25%)

1 (6%)

6 (25%)

3 (14%)

4 (27%)

p

0.047 1

0.21

0.21

0.42

Previous caesarean section

8 (24%)

5 (2(%)

3 (17%)

7 (33%)

3 (18%)

7 (29%)

3 (14%)

6 (40%

p

0.693

0.303

0.483

0.123

Smoker

3 (9%)

0(0%)

2 (11%)

1 (4%)

2 (12%)

0 (0%)

2 (10%)

0 (0%)

p

0.541

0.573

0.173

0.503

Pre-pregnancy weight

93 (75-176)

85 (68-95)

92 (75-176)

87.5 (68-105)

93 (68-176)

87.5 (78-115)

93 (68-175)

89 (78.2-176)

p

0.01 2

0.312

0.482

0.522

History of mental health diagnoses

11 (33%)

8 (47%)

7 (39%)

8 (33%)

6 (35%)

8 (33%)

9 (43%)

4 (27%)

p

0.343

0.711

0.891

0.323

  1. Note. 1Chi-sqaure test. 2Mann-Whitney test. Data for pre-pregnancy weight is presented as: Median (range). 3Fisher's exact test. 4Numbers may not sum to total because some data missing