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. 2017 Oct 18;17:364. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1537-8

Table 2.

Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with fasting glucose levels (mmol/l) during pregnancy in the GUSTO study

Variables Overall sample Underweight/Normal weight Overweight/obese P for interaction
n Unadjusted Adjusteda Adjustedb Adjustedb
β (95% CI) P-value β (95% CI) P-value n β (95% CI) P-value n β (95% CI) P-value
Physical activity 0.759 0.806 0.525 0.863 0.933
 Insufficiently active 325 Reference Reference 202 Reference 123 Reference
 Sufficiently active 436 0.01 (−0.06, 0.08) 0.822 0.01 (−0.06, 0.08) 0.754 284 0.03 (−0.03, 0.10) 0.321 152 −0.001 (−0.15, 0.15) 0.988
 Highly active 160 0.04 (−0.06, 0.13) 0.463 0.03 (−0.06, 0.12) 0.512 99 0.04 (−0.05, 0.13) 0.350 61 0.05 (−0.15, 0.25) 0.631
 p for trend 0.492 0.520 0.286 0.681
Total sitting time 0.029 0.074 0.106 0.202 0.457
 Low (<7 h/day) 251 Reference Reference 153 Reference 98 Reference
 Medium (7–10 h/day) 265 0.02 (−0.06, 0.11) 0.627 0.04 (−0.04, 0.13) 0.304 160 0.06 (−0.01, 0.14) 0.111 105 0.002 (−0.17, 0.18) 0.980
 High (≥10 h/day) 417 −0.07 (−0.15, 0.003) 0.060 −0.04 (−0.12, 0.04) 0.285 277 −0.01 (−0.08, 0.06) 0.843 140 −0.13 (−0.30, 0.04) 0.144
 p for trend 0.035 0.183 0.598 0.119
Television time 0.446 0.367 0.134 0.791 0.399
 Low (<3 h/day) 640 Reference Reference 411 Reference 229 Reference
 High (≥3 h/day) 294 0.03 (−0.04, 0.09) 0.03 (−0.04, 0.10) 180 0.05 (−0.02, 0.11) 114 −0.02 (−0.17, 0.13)

β beta-coefficient, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index

AaAdjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity at recruitment, history of GDM in previous pregnancy, family history of diabetes, dietary energy intake, active/passive smoking during pregnancy and pregnancy weight gain at 26–28 gestational visit

BbAdjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, education, parity at recruitment, history of GDM in previous pregnancy, family history of diabetes, dietary energy intake, active/passive smoking during pregnancy and pregnancy weight gain at 26–28 gestational visit

p-values were determined by multivariable linear regression