Table 3 Background characteristics in relation to amount of sedentary time per day in categories
n | < 3 h n (%) | 4-6 h n (%) | 7-9 h n (%) | ≥10 h n (%) | p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participants | 2201 | 295 (13.4) | 761 (34.6) | 642 (29.2) | 503 (22.9) | |
Maternal age | 2201 | |||||
Mean; SD | 30.7; 4.3 | 30.5; 4.4 | 31.0; 4.3 | 31.3; 4.4 | 0.013 | |
Country of birth | 2195 | |||||
Sweden | 251 (85.7) | 687 (90.5) | 589 (91.9) | 496 (93.4) | 0.005 | |
Nordic countries | 3 (1.0) | 7 (0.9) | 9 (1.4) | 6 (1.2) | ||
Other countriesb | 39 (13.3) | 65 (8.6) | 43 (6.7) | 27 (5.4) | ||
Educational level | 2195 | |||||
Elementary school | 14 (4.8) | 28 (3.7) | 8 (1.3) | 10 (2.0) | < 0.001 | |
High school | 134 (45.7) | 240 (31.6) | 145 (22.7) | 80 (15.9) | ||
University | 145 (49.5) | 492 (64.7) | 487 (76.1) | 412 (82.1) | ||
BMI in early pregnancyc | 213 | |||||
Mean; SD | 24.7; 4.3 | 24.5; 4.2 | 24.5; 4.4 | 24.8; 4.5 | 0.790 | |
< 18.5 | 5 (1.8) | 15 (2.0) | 13 (2.1) | 9 (1.9) | ||
18.5–24.99 | 172 (60.8) | 455 (61.2) | 388 (62.7) | 293 (60.4) | ||
25–29.99 | 73 (25.8) | 195 (26.2) | 138 (22.3) | 120 (24.7) | ||
≥ 30 | 33 (11.7) | 78 (10.5) | 80 (12.9) | 63 (13.0) | ||
Parity | 2190 | |||||
Primiparous | 100 (34.1) | 359 (47.5) | 331 (51.6) | 281 (56.2) | < 0.001 | |
Multiparous | 193 (65.9) | 397 (52.5) | 310 (48.4) | 219 (43.8) | ||
Self-rated health pre-pregnancy | 1945 | |||||
Very poor/poor | 4 (1.5) | 17 (2.5) | 9 (1.6) | 12 (2.7) | 0.292 | |
Neither good nor poor | 16 (6.1) | 45 (6.7) | 54 (9.6) | 32 (7.1) | ||
Good/Very good | 244 (92.4) | 608 (90.7) | 497 (88.8) | 407 (90.2) |