An observational study of nutrition and physical activity behaviours, knowledge, and advice in pregnancy

Table 3 16 week physical activity measures per week for the whole sample and by pre-pregnancy weight status [Median (interquartile range) or percentage (count)]

	Whole sample (n=575)	Healthy weight^{*^}(n=382)	Overweight^{+^}(n=193)	Difference
Sessions of walking	4 (2–6)	4 (2–6)	4 (2–5)	0.066^b
Minutes of walking	120 (50–180)	120 (60–206)	120 (45–180)	0.214^b
Sessions of moderate activity	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0.968^b
Minutes of moderate activity	0 (0–60)	0 (0–60)	0 (0–45)	0.734^b
Sessions of vigorous physical activity	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	0.026^b
Minutes of vigorous physical activity	0 (0–25)	0 (0–30)	0 (0–0)	0.026^b
Total sessions of physical activity	5 (3–8)	5 (3–8)	5 (3–7)	0.044^b
Total minutes of physical activity	150 (60–285)	150 (72–300)	150 (60–247)	0.155^b
Sufficient sessions physical activity	58 (328)	59 (219)	55 (107)	0.376^c
Sufficient minutes of physical activity	51 (291)	51(192)	51 (97)	0.925^c
Sufficient sessions and minutes of physical activity	44 (245)	44 (160)	43 (83)	0.934^c

^*Healthy weight, pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index <25 kg/m²; ⁺Overweight, pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index ≥25 kg/m²; ^ameasured height and self reported pre-pregnancy weight; ^bindependent samples Mann–Whitney U Test; ^cchi squared test.

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