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. 2018 Apr 19;10:337–345. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.04.012

Table 3.

Longitudinal changes in daily physical activity during pregnancy and postpartum (n = 43).

Daily physical activity ß [95% confidence intervals]
T2 T3 PP3 PP6 PP9 PP12
Physical activity (minutes)
 SED −12.6 B A S E L I N E −23.8 −22.8 −48.8⁎⁎⁎ −54.0⁎⁎⁎
[−31.6,6.5] [−42.2,−5.3] [−40.5,−5.2] [−66.5,−31.0] [−73.5,−34.6]
 LPAa 1.9 15.4⁎⁎ 17.0⁎⁎ 28.0⁎⁎⁎ 22.4⁎⁎⁎
[−9.4,13.3] [4.4,26.4] [6.5,27.5] [17.3,38.6] [10.8,34.1]
 MVPAa 10.8 8.1 6.5 20.7⁎⁎⁎ 31.5⁎⁎⁎
[−1.7,23.3] [−3.9,20.2] [−5.1,18.0] [9.1,32.3] [18.8,44.3]
 LPAb 4.3 22.0 22.8⁎⁎ 46.1⁎⁎⁎ 51.7⁎⁎⁎
[−13.6,22.2] [4.6,39.4] [6.2,39.4] [29.4,62.8] [33.3,70.0]
 MVPAb 8.0⁎⁎⁎ 1.5 0.40 2.4 2.2
[3.7,12.3] [−3.1,6.1] [−3.6,4.4] [−1.6, 6.4] [−2.2,6.6]
Vector magnitude counts 72,150.2⁎⁎⁎ 65,334.6⁎⁎⁎ 59,575.2⁎⁎ 1.1e + 05⁎⁎⁎ 1.1e + 05⁎⁎⁎
[32,626.9,1.1e + 05] [27,153.5,1.0e + 05] [23,043.3,96,107.2] [77,858.0,1.5e + 05] [64,721.3,1.5e + 05]
Step counts 550.0 507.4 749.7⁎⁎⁎ 973.8⁎⁎⁎ 997.1⁎⁎⁎
[117.7982.3] [88.8926.0] [349.4,1150.0] [571.0,1376.6] [555.1,1439.1]

SED: sedentary; LPA: light physical activity; MVPA: moderate-vigorous physical activity; a: mean daily activity derived using the Swartz cut-points; b: mean daily activity derived using the Troiano cut-points; T2: Trimester 2; T3: Trimester 3; PP3: 3 months postpartum; PP6: 6 months postpartum; PP9: 9 months postpartum; PP12: 12 months postpartum; models include women with at least 3 valid days of physical activity data during both pregnancy and postpartum; adjusted for daily wear time; p < 0.05, ⁎⁎p < 0.01, ⁎⁎⁎p < 0.001.