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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Sep 5;22(3):909–918. doi: 10.1002/oby.20549

Table 2.

Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) for Early Pregnancy Physical Activity and Compliance with Gestational Weight Gain (GWG) Guidelines Using Multinomial Logistic Regression; Proyecto Bueno Salud, Western Massachusetts, 2006-2011.

Variable Inadequate GWG
Excessive GWG
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjustedb OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjustedb OR (95% CI)
Met Physical Activity Guidelines
 Yes 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 No 1.33 (0.82, 2.15) 1.34 (0.82, 2.22) 1.22 (0.81, 1.84) 1.17 (0.76, 1.79)
Total Physical Activity
 1st quartile 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 2nd quartile 0.63 (0.36, 1.11) 0.63 (0.36, 1.11) 1.08 (0.68, 1.74) 1.04 (0.64, 1.68)
 3rd quartile 0.65 (0.37, 1.13) 0.65 (0.37, 1.15) 1.11 (0.69, 1.79) 1.13 (0.69, 1.83)
 4th quartile 0.95 (0.55, 1.66) 0.98 (0.55, 1.73) 1.22 (0.75, 1.99) 1.24 (0.74, 2.06)
p -trend 0.83 0.88 0.43 0.39
Physical Activity by Intensity
Sedentary
 1st quartile 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 2nd quartile 1.14 (0.66, 1.98) 1.12 (0.64, 1.95) 1.46 (0.91, 2.33) 1.34 (0.83, 2.18)
 3rd quartile 0.95 (0.55, 1.64) 0.93 (0.54, 1.62) 1.27 (0.80, 2.01) 1.26 (0.79, 2.01)
 4th quartile 0.85 (0.49, 1.45) 0.83 (0.48, 1.45) 1.12 (0.71, 1.76) 1.06 (0.66, 1.70)
p -trend 0.44 0.41 0.79 0.90
Moderate
 1st quartile 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 2nd quartile 0.81 (0.46, 1.43) 0.84 (0.47, 1.48) 1.02 (0.64, 1.64) 1.08 (0.67, 1.76)
 3rd quartile 0.66 (0.38, 1.14) 0.67 (0.38, 1.17) 0.75 (0.48, 1.19) 0.76 (0.47, 1.23)
 4th quartile 1.00 (0.57, 1.76) 1.03 (0.57, 1.86) 1.13 (0.70, 1.83) 1.26 (0.76, 2.10)
p -trend 0.78 0.84 0.96 0.72
Vigorous
 None 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 Any 0.76 (0.41, 1.41) 0.76 (0.41, 1.41) 0.89 (0.54, 1.45) 0.91 (0.55, 1.50)
Physical Activity by Type
Sports/Exercise
 None 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 Low 0.80 (0.48, 1.34) 0.80 (0.47, 1.34) 0.78 (0.50, 1.19) 0.76 (0.49, 1.18)
 High 0.83 (0.53, 1.29) 0.83 (0.53, 1.30) 0.88 (0.61, 1.28) 0.84 (0.57, 1.23)
p -trend 0.39 0.40 0.47 0.33
Household/Caregiving
 1st quartile 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 2nd quartile 0.49 (0.27, 0.87) 0.49 (0.27, 0.89) 1.00 (0.63, 1.59) 1.07 (0.66, 1.75)
 3rd quartile 0.72 (0.42, 1.25) 0.75 (0.41, 1.36) 0.98 (0.61, 1.57) 1.03 (0.61, 1.72)
 4th quartile 0.86 (0.50, 1.47) 0.90 (0.49, 1.67) 0.91 (0.57, 1.47) 0.97 (0.57, 1.67)
p -trend 0.87 0.93 0.71 0.89
Occupation
 Unemployed 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 Low 0.88 (0.52, 1.48) 0.87 (0.51, 1.46) 1.04 (0.67, 1.60) 1.02 (0.65, 1.59)
 High 0.89 (0.57, 1.39) 0.87 (0.55, 1.38) 1.30 (0.90, 1.89) 1.21 (0.83, 1.77)
p -trend 0.59 0.53 0.17 0.34
a

Compared to meeting IOM guidelines

b

Adjusted for age (continuous), body mass index, parity and smoking during early pregnancy