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

Table 3.

Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with 2-h-postprandial 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 0.032 0.056 0.570 0.109 0.607
 Insufficiently active 325 Reference Reference 202 Reference 123 Reference
 Sufficiently active 436 −0.13 (−0.35, 0.08) 0.222 −0.16 (−0.37, 0.04) 0.116 284 −0.07 (−0.31, 0.17) 0.576 152 −0.28 (−0.66, 0.10) 0.152
 Highly active 160 −0.38 (−0.67, −0.10) 0.009 −0.32 (−0.59, −0.05) 0.020 99 −0.17 (−0.49, 0.15) 0.291 61 −0.51 (−1.00, −0.01) 0.044
 p for trend 0.010 0.016 0.295 0.036
Total sitting time 0.091 0.172 0.082 0.885 0.547
 Low (<7 h/day) 251 Reference Reference 153 Reference 98 Reference
 Medium (7–10 h/day) 265 0.25 (−0.01, 0.52) 0.056 0.23 (−0.02, 0.47) 0.073 160 0.31 (0.02, 0.60) 0.037 105 0.10 (−0.34, 0.55) 0.652
 High (≥10 h/day) 417 0.24 (0.001, 0.48) 0.049 0.17 (−0.06, 0.40) 0.137 277 0.25 (−0.01, 0.52) 0.062 140 0.02 (−0.41, 0.45) 0.931
 p for trend 0.069 0.189 0.099 0.971
Television time 0.284 0.649 0.925 0.571
 Low (<3 h/day) 640 Reference Reference 411 Reference 229 Reference 0.363
 High (≥3 h/day) 294 −0.11 (−0.32, 0.10) 0.05 (−0.15, 0.25) 180 −0.01 (−0.25, 0.23) 114 0.11 (−0.26, 0.47)

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