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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2012 Oct;43(4):434–439. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.06.020

Table 1.

Multivariate predictors of becoming inactive among women who were active pre-pregnancy (n=903)a

Pre to anytime during pregnancyb Pre to Early Pre to Mid Pre to Late




ORc 95% CI ORc 95% CI ORc 95% CI ORc 95% CI
Age (years)
 16–19 0.32 0.09, 1.08 1.21 0.73, 2.00 0.62 0.31, 1.22 0.72 0.36, 1.42
 20–24 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 25–30 1.06 0.30, 3.38 1.31 0.74, 2.32 1.97 0.90, 4.30 0.60 0.29, 1.22
 >30 2.74 0.49, 15.24 1.41 0.72, 2.79 2.27 0.85, 6.00 0.43 0.18, 1.04
p-trend 0.07 0.57 <0.01 0.16
BMI
 <18.5 0.36 0.06, 2.08 1.38 0.60, 3.14 0.86 0.25, 2.88 2.02 0.65, 6.26
 18.5–24.9 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 25–29.9 0.74 0.23, 2.34 0.98 0.60, 1.59 0.51 0.26, 0.96 0.99 0.50, 1.95
 >30 0.29 0.10, 0.82 0.63 0.38, 1.00 0.38 0.20, 0.73 0.93 0.50, 1.71
p-trend 0.11 0.03 <0.01 0.66
Educational Status
 <High school 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 High school 0.57 0.22, 1.46 0.94 0.60, 1.47 0.71 0.40, 1.27 0.83 0.46, 1.46
 Some college/graduate 1.70 0.38, 7.60 1.48 0.85, 2.54 0.73 0.35, 1.56 2.05 0.95, 4.43
p-trend 0.78 0.55 0.29 0.10
Annual Household Income
 ≤$15,000 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 >$15,000–$30,000 0.56 0.14, 2.27 0.47 0.25, 0.89 0.70 0.31, 1.60 0.65 0.30, 1.42
 >$30,000 0.54 0.09, 3.38 0.84 0.39, 1.78 2.36 0.73, 7.63 1.36 0.43, 4.32
 Don’t know/refused/missing 0.66 0.23, 1.89 0.89 0.57, 1.40 1.39 0.77, 2.50 0.69 0.37, 1.27
p-trend 0.53 0.45 0.08 0.34
Parity
 0 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 1 0.49 0.15, 1.61 0.48 0.29, 0.79 0.30 0.16, 0.58 0.89 0.46, 1.72
 ≥2 0.15 0.04, 0.56 0.46 0.26, 0.82 0.31 0.14, 0.67 0.61 0.29, 1.27
p-trend <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.26
Early- Pregnancy Major Depression
 No 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 Yes 1.29 0.39, 4.24 1.07 0.64, 1.77 0.58 0.29, 1.16 0.67 0.36, 1.34
Total Pre-Pregnancy
MET-hours/eewk (M of each quartile)
 1st quartile-27.7 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref 1.00 Ref
 2nd quartile-39.1 0.63 0.06, 6.43 0.53 0.12, 1.22 0.25 0.05, 1.29 0.46 0.14, 1.51
 3rd quartile-54.9 0.47 0.05, 4.35 0.23 0.10, 0.51 0.18 0.04, 0.91 0.44 0.14, 1.39
 4th quartile-101.6 0.14 0.01, 1.28 0.13 0.05, 0.29 0.08 0.02, 0.43 0.23 0.07, 0.72
p-trend <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
a

Of the 1355 participants, 411 were excluded who were inactive prior to pregnancy and 41 who were missing covariate information

b

Early, mid-, or late pregnancy

c

Each variable adjusted for all the other variables in the model