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Table 4 Physical activity behaviour stratified by subgroups in late pregnancy

From: Effects of a lifestyle intervention in routine care on prenatal physical activity – findings from the cluster-randomised GeliS trial

TALIA in late pregnancy (T1)

Intervention group

Control group

Adjusted effect size (95% CI)

Adjusted p value

n

Mean ± SD

n

Mean ± SD

Pre-pregnancy BMI categorya

 BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2

n = 593

129.8 ± 58.3

n = 592

127.8 ± 67.3

6.70 (3.99, 9.41)

< 0.001

 BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2

n = 219

133.7 ± 68.0

n = 201

130.8 ± 65.7

5.49 (−1.93, 12.91)

0.147

 BMI 30.0–40.0 kg/m2

n = 97

120.4 ± 63.3

n = 118

137.2 ± 82.8

6.34 (−4.51, 17.18)

0.252

Age categoriesb

 18–25 years

n = 114

118.5 ± 62.2

n = 130

129.2 ± 77.3

−3.26 (−16.40, 9.89)

0.627

 26–35 years

n = 689

131.4 ± 61.1

n = 657

130.9 ± 69.0

7.25 (4.84, 9.66)

< 0.001

 36–43 years

n = 106

131.5 ± 61.1

n = 122

123.4 ± 60.4

14.33 (2.97, 25.68)

0.013

Educational levelc

 General secondary school

n = 124

132.4 ± 68.3

n = 141

134.7 ± 85.3

8.98 (−1.27, 19.23)

0.086

 Intermediate secondary school

n = 394

127.1 ± 65.3

n = 388

128.6 ± 69.7

7.54 (2.05, 13.03)

0.007

 High school

n = 390

131.6 ± 54.7

n = 380

128.9 ± 61.5

5.61 (3.28, 7.94)

< 0.001

  1. Depicted are mean MET-h/week ± standard deviation
  2. T0: Assessment before the end of the 12th week of gestation;
  3. T1: Assessment after the 29th week of gestation;
  4. TALIA: Total Physical Activity of Light Intensity and Above.
  5. aadjusted for pre-pregnancy age, parity, T0
  6. badjusted for pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, T0
  7. cadjusted for pre-pregnancy age, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, T0