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. 2013 Feb 5;2013:165617. doi: 10.1155/2013/165617

Table 3.

Distribution of pregnant women meeting physical activity guidelines.

Week 18 of pregnancy, n = 55 (% (n)) Week 35 of pregnancy, n = 66 (% (n))
MVPA MVPA bouts M2VPA bouts 3 ∗ 30 5 ∗ 30 MET PA MVPA MVPA bouts M2VPA bouts 3 ∗ 30 5 ∗ 30 MET PA
Sufficient 95 (52) 47 (26) 49 (27) 22 (12) 5 (3) 100 (55) 91 (60) 39 (26) 44 (29) 26 (17) 9 (6) 100 (66)
Insufficient 5 (3) 49 (27) 47 (26) 36 (20) 53 (29) 0 9 (6) 56 (37) 52 (34) 30 (20) 47 (31) 0
None 0 4 (2) 4 (2) 42 (23) 42 (23) N/A 0 5 (3) 5 (3) 44 (29) 44 (29) N/A

MVPA: moderate-vigorous physical activity accumulated throughout the week; MVPA bouts: moderate-vigorous physical activity performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes; M2VPA bouts: moderate-vigorous physical activity performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes with 1 minute of vigorous physical activity equivalent to 2 minutes of moderate activity; 3 ∗ 30: at least 3 sessions of moderate-vigorous physical activity sustained for at least 30 minutes; 5 ∗ 30: At least 5 sessions of moderate-vigorous physical activity sustained for at least 30 minutes; MET PA: total accumulation of weekly MET minutes.