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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Nov;40(11):1901–1908. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31817f1957

Table 2.

Reported number of activities, MET values of reported activities, and duration of activities overall and by mode among pregnant women (n=1482). The values are medians (with interquartile range, IQR).

Number of reported activities MET values of activities Duration (hours per activity)

17–22 weeks 27–30 weeks P value* 17–22 weeks 27–30 weeks P value* 17–22 weeks 27–30 weeks P value*

Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)

All modes of activity 5 (3–6) 4 (3–6) <0.001 4.5 (4.0–5.3) 4.6 (3.9–5.3) 0.71 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 1.0 (0.5–1.6) 0.003
By modes
Care 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) <0.001 3.2 (3.0–3.5) 3.2 (3.0–3.4) 0.77 1.8 (0.7–3.6) 1.4 (0.6–3.0) 0.006
Indoor household 2 (1–3) 2 (1–3) <0.001 3.1 (2.5–3.5) 3.1 (2.5–3.5) 0.64 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 0.95
Outdoor household 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 0.82 4.3 (4.0–4.5) 4.3 (4.0–4.5) 0.89 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 1.0 (0.5–1.8) 0.001
Recreational 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) <0.001 3.7 (3.7–5.1) 3.7 (3.7–4.9) 0.046 1.5 (1.0–2.3) 1.5 (1.0–2.3) 0.76
Transportation 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 1.0 4.0 (4.0–4.0) 4.0 (4.0–4.0) 0.8 (0.5–1.7) 1.0 (0.5–1.7) 0.90
Occupational 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) <0.001 3.7 (3.3–4.0) 3.5 (3.3–4.0) 0.91 0.8 (0.3–2.1) 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 0.11
*

P-value for the difference between time points from the sign test. For transportation, the MET value was the same across time so the p-value is not provided.