. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Jun;51(6):1292–1302. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001941

Table 2 –

Summary of the level of evidence for the relationship between physical activity and each health outcome during pregnancy and postpartum.

	Overall Evidence	Dose	Dose-Response	Effect Modification by Sociodemographic Factors or Weight
Gestational Weight Gain	Strong	Limited	Limited	Not assignable
Weight Loss During Postpartum	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable
Gestational Diabetes	Strong	Limited	Limited	Not assignable
Pre-eclampsia/Gestational Hypertension	Limited	Limited	Limited	Not assignable
Antenatal Affect, Anxiety, and Depression	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable
	Limited	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable
	Limited	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable
Postpartum Affect, Anxiety, and Depression	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable
	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable
	Strong	Not assignable	Not assignable	Not assignable