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.