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. 2017 Oct 16;18:416. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1776-x

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of all participants

Total 12 weeks of pregnancy 24 weeks of pregnancy 30 weeks of pregnancy 36 weeks of pregnancy
(n = 275) (n = 254) (n = 249) (n = 258) (n = 245)
Age (years) 31.0 ± 4.4
Height (cm) 158.4 ± 5.6
Mass (kg) 52.8 ± 8.1 56.9 ± 7.9 59.7 ± 8.1 62.1 ± 7.9
Number of the women having LBP [Prevalence (%)] 150 [59.1] 183 [73.5] 188 [72.9] 180 [73.5]
Average intensity of the pain among the participants who had LBP 4.1 ± 2.3 4.3 ± 2.1 4.5 ± 2.3 4.8 ± 2.4
Median intensity of the pain among the participants who had LBP [25, 75 percentile] 2 [0, 4] 3 [0, 5] 3 [0, 5] 3 [0, 5]
Number of women having LBP during BADL [Percentage (%)] 58 [38.7] 97 [53.0] 95 [50.5] 116 [64.4]

Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation

LBP low back pain, BADL basic activities of daily living