Table 4.
Pregnancy outcomes in relation to physical activity during pregnancy.
| n (%) | Total gestational weight gain (kg) Mean (SD) | P Value | Gestational age (weeks) Mean (SD) | P Value | Neonatal birth weight (g) Mean (SD) | P Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACOG recommendations of pregnancy PA | Active at 22 weeks | 95 (76.6)a | 9.5 (3.7) | 0.530 | 38.9 (1.4) | 0.506 | 2853.0 (491) | 0.330 |
| Inactive at 22 weeks | 29 (23.4)a | 8.9 (3.9) | 38.6 (1.6) | 2961.0 (526) | ||||
| Active at 34 weeks | 23 (43.4)a | 9.3 (3.1) | 0.636 | 38.8 (1.3) | 0.154 | 2953.0 (572) | 0.915 | |
| Inactive at 34 weeks | 30 (56.6)a | 9.7 (2.8) | 39.3 (0.9) | 2962.0 (516) | ||||
| Changing pattern of pregnancy PA | Active | 20 (37.7) | 9.7 (2.9) | 0.341‡ | 39.0 (1.0) | 0.097‡ | 2981.0 (587.8) | 0.431‡ |
| Inactive | 7 (13.2) | 9.9 (1.9) | 39.0 (1.1) | 3235.7 (573.5) | ||||
| Became active | 3 (5.7) | 6.5 (3.9) | 37.7 (2.6) | 2776.7 (500.8) | ||||
| Became inactive | 23 (43.4) | 9.7 (3.1) | 39.4 (0.9) | 2878.3 (479.3) | ||||
Pvalue refers to that obtained by the two-sample t-test unless otherwise stated. ‡One-way analysis of variance. an values correspond to the gestational age and neonatal birth weight.