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Table 2 Maternal Descriptive, Pregnancy and Delivery Outcomes by Maternal Race

From: The influence of exercise during pregnancy on racial/ethnic health disparities and birth outcomes

Characteristics

NHW

(n = 95)

NHB

(n = 30)

p-value

Demographics

 Age (yr.)a

30.2 (3.5)

29.3 (5.8)

0.29

 Pre-Pregnancy BMIa

25.2 (5.2)

28.5 (5.7)

0.004

Education Levelc, d

 Post-Secondary (%, n)

96.5% (82)

57.1% [12]

< 0.0001

Activity Levela

METs (ml O2·kg−1·min− 1)

393.0 (0.0, 1225.0)

163.9 (0.0, 942.0)

0.002

Pregnancy

 Gravidab

1.0 (1.0, 5.0)

2.0 (1.0, 6.0)

0.34

 GDM (n)c

7.5% [7]

3.3% [1]

0.42

 Gestational Weight Gain (lb)

30.1 (12.1)

28.7 (15.3)

0.66

Delivery

 Cesarean Section (n)c

21.7 (21)

26.7 (8)

0.62

  1. Note: Means (SD), medians (range) and proportions are reported and aStudent’s t-test, bWilcoxon Rank Sum tests and cFisher’s Exact tests were performed, respectively. BMI = body mass index (kg/m2); GDM gestational diabetes mellitus. METs metabolic equivalents expressed in milliliters of oxygen per kilogram per minute. NHW Non-Hispanic White; NHB Non-Hispanic Black. dNineteen participants had missing data for level of education