Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics based on level of moderate physical activity.
| 22 weeks gestation | 34 weeks gestation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate-intensity physical activity | P Value | Moderate-intensity physical activity | P Value | |||
| <30 min/day (Inactive) n (%) | ≥30 min/day (Active) n (%) | <30 min/day (Inactive) n (%) | ≥ 30 min/day (Active) n (%) | |||
| All | 29 (20.9) | 110 (79.1) | 34 (54.8) | 28 (45.2) | ||
| Level of education | ||||||
| No/Up to primary | 3 (13.6) | 19 (86.4) | 0.325 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 0.335 |
| Secondary/Higher | 26 (22.6) | 89 (77.4) | 29 (55.8) | 23 (44.2) | ||
| Monthly household income | ||||||
| Up to 13999 LKR | 2 (7.1) | 26 (92.9%) | 0.078 | 25 (58.1) | 18 (41.9) | 0.640 |
| 14000–31999 LKR | 21 (23.1) | 70 (76.9) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | ||
| ≥32000 LKR | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) | — | — | ||
| Area of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | 0.340 | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 0.384 |
| Sub-urban | 16 (26.7) | 44 (73.3) | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3) | ||
| Rural | 10 (15.9) | 53 (84.1) | 14 (51.2) | 13 (48.1) | ||
| History of LBW deliveries | ||||||
| Yes | 5 (17.9) | 23 (82.1) | 0.661 | 5 (35.7) | 9 (64.3) | 0.116 |
| No | 24 (21.6) | 87 (78.4) | 28 (59.6) | 19 (40.4) | ||
| History of miscarriage/abortions | ||||||
| Yes | 5 (13.2) | 33 (86.8) | 0.170 | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | 0.432 |
| No | 24 (23.8) | 77 (76.2) | 23 (51.1) | 22 (48.9) | ||
| Parity | ||||||
| Primiparous | 11 (24.4) | 34 (75.6) | 0.472 | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | 0.384 |
| Multiparous | 18 (19.1) | 76 (80.8) | 24 (51.1) | 23 (48.9) | ||
| Pre-pregnancy BMI category a | ||||||
| Underweight | 9 (31.0) | 20 (69.0) | 0.282 | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | — |
| Normal | 12 (15.2) | 67 (84.8) | 22 (59.5) | 15 (40.5) | ||
| Overweight | 6 (26.1) | 17 (73.9) | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | ||
| Obese | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | — | 2 (100) | ||
| Total gestational weight gain category b | ||||||
| Within recommended | 5 (14.3) | 30 (85.7) | 0.543 | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) | 0.693 |
| Below recommended | 18 (23.4) | 59 (76.6) | 20 (54.1) | 17 (45.9) | ||
| Over recommended | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (33.1) | 2 (66.7) | ||
| Neonatal birth weight category | ||||||
| <2500 g | 2 (19.5) | 19 (90.5) | 0.100 | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | 0.640 |
| ≥2500 | 27 (26.2) | 76 (73.8 | 25 (58.1) | 18 (41.9) | ||
| Mode of delivery | ||||||
| Normal delivery | 18 (23.1) | 60 (76.9) | 0.915 | 23 (65.7) | 12 (34.3) | 0.062 |
| Cesarean section | 11 (23.9) | 35 (76.1) | 7 (38.9) | 11 (61.1) | ||