Table 2.
Characteristics of the analysed groups
| Parameter | Control group N = 62 |
Group whit pedometers N = 53 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age [years] | 34.2 (5.6) | 31.7 (5.1) | 0.01* |
| Gestational age at study entry [GW] | 17.1 (5.0) | 16.9 (6.0) | 0.62 * |
| Primipara [N; %] | 35 (56,5) | 23 (43.4) | 0.16^ |
| Multipara [N; %] | 27 (43.4) | 30 (56.6) | 0.16^ |
| Patients with a history of miscarriage [N; %] | 23 (37) | 7 (13) | < 0.01^ |
| Body weight before pregnancy [kg] | 98 (89–113) | 103 (95–118) | 0.25* |
| Weight gain during pregnancy [kg] | 4.6 (0.5–8.0) | 1.5 (–2.5–6.5) | 0.13* |
| BMI before pregnancy [kg/m2] | 37.1 (33.1–42.5) | 36.8 (33.0–41.1) | 0.75* |
| BMI gain during pregnancy [kg/ m2] | 1.13 (1.82) | 1.07 (1.89) | 0.87** |
| Family history of obesity [N;%] | 45 (72) | 38 (72) | 0.92^ |
| Family history of diabetes [N;%] | 36 (58) | 37 (70) | 0.19^ |
| Family history of HT [N;%] | 37 (60) | 38 (72) | 0.18^ |
* Mann–Whitney test; ** Student’s t–test; ^ chi2 –test;