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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2015 Apr;19(4):840–849. doi: 10.1007/s10995-014-1582-0

Table 4.

Physical activity and dietary intake among intervention participants

Outcomes Early Pregnancy (<20 wks) Pregnancy (32 wks) Postpartum (12 wks)
Physical activity n=15 n=13 n=11

Steps/day, mean (SD) 6,599 (2,266) 6,219 (2,407) 7,773 (2,470)
Total minutes in moderate-vigorous physical activity, mean (SD)§ 48.6 (28.3) 40.0 (22.9) 59.0 (25.3)
Total energy expenditure, kcals, mean (SE)* § 2,325 (58.4) 2,462 (62.8) 2,524 (68.1)

Dietary intake n=16 n=14 n=14

Total caloric intake, kcals/day, mean (SD) 1,925 (176) 1,797 (189) 1,641 (189)
% of calories from total fat, mean (SD) 34.4 (7.3) 34.8 (7.6) 34.3 (5.7)
% of calories from saturated fat, mean (SD) 11.1 (3.7) 11.1 (2.2) 11.4 (2.7)
Total dietary fiber, grams/day, mean (SE)** 11.9 (0.8) 12.0 (0.9) 11.4 (0.9)
Total fruit, servings/day, mean (SE)** 2.5 (0.6) 1.9 (0.7) 1.7 (0.7)
Total vegetables, servings/day, mean (SE)** 2.5 (0.3) 2.0 (0.3) 1.8 (0.3)
Dairy, servings/day, mean (SE)** 1.2 (0.2) 1.2 (0.2) 1.4 (0.2)
Whole grains, servings/day, mean (SE)** 0.7 (0.2) 0.7 (0.2) 0.4 (0.2)
Lean meat, servings/day, mean (SE)** 1.9 (0.5) 2.7 (0.5) 2.1 (0.5)
Sweetened beverages, servings/day, mean (SE)** 1.7 (0.3) 1.3 (0.3) 1.7 (0.3)

Abbreviations: SE = standard error, SD = standard deviation.

*

Adjusted for prepregnancy body mass index.

**

Adjusted for total caloric intake.

§

P<0.05 based on paired t-tests to make within-subject comparisons between baseline and 12-week postpartum measurements (n=11).

P<0.05 based on paired t-tests to make within-subject comparisons between baseline and 32-week measurements (n=13).