Table 4.

OR with 95% CI for risk factors compared between women with and without diastasis recti abdominis 12 months post partum

Variable	OR (95% CI)	p Value
Age (years)	0.94 (0.87 to 1.02)	0.11
Height (cm)	1.05 (1.00 to 1.11)	0.05
Mean weight before this pregnancy (kg)	0.99 (0.97 to 1.02)	0.54
Weight gain from prepregnancy to gestation week 37 (kg)	1.01 (0.94 to 1.08)	0.80
Baby's birth weight (g)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	0.32
Caesarean section (elective and acute)	1.19 (0.54 to 2.61)	0.69
Hypermobility (yes/no)	2.24 (0.97 to 5.14)	0.06
General cardio exercise 12 months post partum	1.23 (0.60 to 2.50)	0.58
General strength exercise 12 months post partum	0.30 (0.08 to 1.04)	0.06
Abdominal exercise 12 months post partum (n (%))
Never/seldom
1 time per week	1.64 (0.42 to 6.39)	0.48
2 times per week	2.00 (0.43 to 9.26)	0.38
≥3 times per week	0.43 (0.72 to 2.54)	0.35
Pelvic floor muscle exercise 6–12 months post partum (n (%))
Never/when needed
1 time per week	2.91 (0.80 to 10.61)	0.16
1–2 times per week	3.14 (0.73 to 13.5)	0.13
≥3 times per week	1.33 (0.23 to 7.80)	0.75
Heavy lifting ≥20 times per week	2.18 (1.05 to 4.52)	0.04