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Table 2 Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity and compliance with the physical activity guideline at follow-up visit (n = 555)

From: Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort

 

MVPA min/wk a

PA guideline compliance a

 
 

Median

IQR

n

%

P-value b

Overall

64.4

(12.8–152.3)

141

(25.4)

 

Ethnicity

    

<0.01

 South Asian

23.8

(0–119.0)

18

(14.4)

 

 Middle Eastern

35.0

(0–95.7)

12

(16.0)

 

 Other ethnicity

59.3

(0–137.1)

22

(22.0)

 

 Western

84.0

(26.8–183.4)

89

(34.9)

 

Occupation

    

<0.01

 Elementary occupations & homemakers

26.8

(0–99.8)

23

(15.3)

 

 Clerical/care occupations

55.4

(0–125.1)

41

(20.9)

 

 Manager/° occupations

103.3

(35.0–184.3)

76

(37.6)

 

Education

    

<0.01

 <10 years education

47.8

(0–117.2)

15

(17.7)

 

 10–12 years education

38.5

(0–107.6)

42

(19.4)

 

 University/college

84.0

(23.3–177.0)

84

(33.3)

 

Parity

    

<0.01

 None (nulliparous)

78.4

(12.8–169.8)

80

(31.6)

 

 1 (uniparous)

66.5

(21.0–161.0)

54

(26.9)

 

 ≥2 (multiparous)

30.3

(0–85.8)

7

(6.9)

 

Planned pregnancy

   

0.04

 Yes

75.6

(19.3–159.3)

114

(27.6)

 

 No

38.5

(0–108.5)

26

(19.0)

 

Smoking 3 months pre-pregnancy

  

0.50

 Non-smoker

65.3

(0–155.8)

118

(25.9)

 

 Irregular or daily smoker

57.8

(19.3–141.4)

22

(22.7)

 

Self-reported pre-pregnancy PA

  

0.02

 ≥150 min/week

84.0

(9.6–178.5)

68

(30.9)

 

 <150 min/week

49.0

(12.8–133.0)

70

(21.7)

 

Physically active friends

   

<0.01

 Many

77.0

(19.3–179.7)

81

(31.3)

 

 Few

51.3

(0–119.0)

60

(20.3)

 

Health pre-pregnancy

   

<0.01

 Poor/not too good

40.3

(0–105.0)

8

(13.8)

 

 Good

51.3

(0–127.8)

60

(21.5)

 

 Very good

84.0

(23.3–175.0)

72

(33.8)

 

Pelvic girdle-/lumbopelvic pain

  

0.07

 Yes

51.9

(6.4–120.8)

48

(21.1)

 

 No

72.6

(17.5–164.5)

89

(28.0)

 
   

Mean

SD

P-value c

Age, years

  

29.8

(4.6)

0.39

Body fat percentage

 

29.7

(7.3)

<0.01

  1. IQR interquartile range, PA physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
  2. a Recorded by Sensewear Armband Pro3
  3. b Chi-square test of difference between categories in PA guideline compliance
  4. c Unpaired t-test