Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Characteristic | Control (n=34)a | Intervention (n=30)a | |
| Mother’s age in years, mean (SD) | 36.8 (6.5) | 37.3 (4.0) | |
| Children’s age in years, mean (SD) | 2.5 (1.9) | 2.9 (2.1) | |
| Number of children, mean (SD) | 1.8 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.5) | |
| Marital statusb, n (%) |
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Married or living as married | 29 (88) | 28 (93) |
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Never married | 3 (9) | 1 (3.3) |
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Separated or divorced | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Race ethnicity, n (%) |
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African American | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
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Asian | 4 (12) | 3 (10) |
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Latina | 0 (0) | 1 (3) |
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Middle Eastern | 2 (6) | 0 (0) |
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Two or more racesc | 5 (15) | 4 (13) |
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White | 22 (65) | 21 (70) |
| Employment, n (%) |
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Full time | 17 (50) | 18 (60) |
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Not employed | 9 (27) | 4 (13) |
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Part time | 7 (21) | 6 (20) |
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Student | 1 (3) | 2 (7) |
| Education level, n (%) |
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Some college | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
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Bachelor degree | 9 (27) | 10 (33) |
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Post college degree | 24 (71) | 19 (63) |
| Currently breastfeeding, n (%) | 15 (44) | 12 (40) | |
| Physical activity in minutes per week, mean (SD) |
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Moderate to vigorous | 59.1 (80.1) | 89.5 (112.5) |
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Vigorous | 13.5 (29.6) | 24 (44.8) |
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Moderate | 32.1 (38.2) | 41.5 (50.3) |
| BMId (kg/cm2), mean SD) | 24.1 (3.3) | 25.6 (4.6) | |
| Physical activity measures in score, mean (SD) |
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Physical activity self-efficacy | 3.5 (0.7) | 3.6 (0.7) |
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Physical activity social support | 2.0 (0.6) | 2.1 (0.8) |
| PROMISe measures in T-scoref, mean (SD) |
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Depression | 48.2 (6.8) | 48.7 (7.6) |
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Sleep | 57.7 (7.6) | 57 (6.9) |
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Fatigue | 60.0 (8.7) | 59.4 (6.0) |
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Anxiety | 50.4 (9.2) | 51.9 (7.9) |
aWe used stratified randomization (time and baseline activity status), which resulted in intervention and control arms of unequal sizes.
bOne person (from control arm) chose not to answer.
cRace/ethnicity—Two or more races category includes the following (n): Latina/white (1), Latina/Middle Eastern (1), Middle Eastern/white (3), Asian/white (2), American Indian/white (1), Mixed race-not specified (1).
dBMI: body mass index.
ePROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System.
fSee Methods for scoring of PROMIS measures