From: The influence of exercise during pregnancy on racial/ethnic health disparities and birth outcomes
Characteristics | NHW (n = 95) | NHB (n = 30) | p-value |
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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 |