Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics.
| Control group | Pilates group | ||||||||
| n | % | Mean±SD | Min-Max | n | % | Mean±SD | Min-Max | ||
| Age (year) | 28.8±5.6 | 20-40 | 30.8±7.0 | 18-40 | 0.378 | ||||
| Height (cm) | 162.0±4.5 | 155-170 | 159.8±5.6 | 151-171 | 0.210 | ||||
| Weight (kg) | 69.2±13.1 | 56-100 | 64.5±13.1 | 48-90 | 0.303 | ||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.4±5.0 | 21.83-40.79 | 25.3±4.9 | 16.42-33.87 | 0.520 | ||||
| Gestastion (weeks) | 17.2±1.8 | 14-23 | 19.1±3.5 | 14-23 | 0.062 | ||||
| Parity | 0.186 | ||||||||
| 0 | 4 | 23.5 | 9 | 52.9 | |||||
| 1 | 5 | 29.4 | 4 | 23.5 | |||||
| >2 | 8 | 47.1 | 4 | 23.5 | |||||
| Region | 0.830 | ||||||||
| a | 13 | 76.5 | 12 | 70.6 | |||||
| b | 3 | 17.6 | 3 | 17.6 | |||||
| c | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | |||||
| Pre-exercise | 0.500 | ||||||||
| Yes | 2 | 11.8 | 3 | 17.6 | |||||
| No | 15 | 88.2 | 14 | 82.4 | |||||
| SD: Standard deviation; a: Low back pain; b: Pelvic girdle pain; c: Both. | |||||||||