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Table 4 Substitution of light or moderate/vigorous leisure time physical activity for sedentary behavior and associations with offspring birthweight (g)

From: Maternal sedentary behavior during pre-pregnancy and early pregnancy and mean offspring birth size: a cohort study

 

Overall

Low sedentary time

High sedentary time

 

Mean differencea (95% CI)

Pre-pregnancy (n = 1373)

 Light physical activity (hours/week)

−48 (− 116, 21)

−54 (− 147, 39)

−57 (− 154, 41)

 Moderate/vigorous physical activity (hours/week)

0.4 (− 5.2, 6.0)

− 2.7 (− 13, 7.8)

4.5 (− 4.0, 13)

P for interaction = 0.96 for light physical activity, 0.28 for moderate/vigorous physical activity

Early pregnancy (n = 1535)

 Light physical activity (hours/week)

−1.2 (− 19, 17)

11 (− 5.5, 27)

−8.3 (− 44, 27)

 Moderate/vigorous physical activity (hours/week)

−4.7 (− 12, 2.0)

−10 (− 22, 1.8)

−1.9 (− 12, 8.3)

P for interaction = 0.18 for light physical activity, 0.67 for moderate/vigorous physical activity

  1. aModel is adjusted for pre-pregnancy or early pregnancy sedentary time (hours/week), total pre-pregnancy or early pregnancy leisure time (hours/week), maternal age (years), white race, nulliparity, pre-pregnancy BMI category (underweight/normal weight/overweight/obese), high school education or more, marital status (married/single), smoking during pregnancy, alcohol use during pregnancy, gestational age at delivery (weeks), and offspring sex