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. 2019 Jun 13;19(Suppl 4):539. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6864-4

Table 2.

Maternal physical activity level in urban and rural pregnant women (n = 437)

Urban n = 199 Rural n = 238
Intensity of Physical Activity (MET-hours/week) Median (25th, 75th) Median (25th, 75th) p-value
Total 186.1 (130.0, 248.5) 184.8 (127.6, 247.3) 0.748
Sedentary 74.2 (41.7, 104.4) 58.0 (30.7, 96.0) 0.003*
Moderate 15.8 (0.8, 44.8) 15.8 (4.8, 47.9) 0.383
Light 79.5 (52.2, 108.8) 88.2 (57.6, 115.7) 0.111
Vigorous 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0.228
Type of Physical Activity
 Household 76 (45.2, 113.9) 82.8 (52.5, 124.6) 0.036*
 Occupational 49 (0, 86.5) 0 (0, 71.1) < 0.001*
 Sports 0 (0, 2.4) 0.38 (0, 3.5) 0.010*

*Significance value at p < 0.05 using Mann-Whitney U test