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. 2019 May 16;16(10):1740. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101740

Table 3.

Cox regression models of any breastfeeding duration and physical activities among Vietnamese women (N = 1715).

Physical Activity Variables Adjusted a HR 95% CI p-Value
Total PA (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.74 (0.60–0.92) 0.006
3rd tertile 0.59 (0.47–0.75) <0.001
Domain of activity
Household/caregiving (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.73 (0.59–0.91) 0.005
3rd tertile 0.57 (0.43–0.73) <0.001
Occupational (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.94 (0.74–1.19) 0.627
3rd tertile 0.80 (0.62–1.03) 0.082
Sports/exercise (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.85 (0.69–1.04) 0.116
3rd tertile 0.63 (0.48–0.82) 0.001
Commuting (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.77 (0.62–0.96) 0.020
3rd tertile 0.66 (0.53–0.83) <0.001
Intensity
Sedentary (h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 1.27 (1.01–1.59) 0.042
3rd tertile 1.29 (1.01–1.64) 0.044
Light (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.96 (0.77–1.19) 0.704
3rd tertile 0.68 (0.54–0.87) 0.002
Moderate (METs h/week)
1st tertile 1.00
2nd tertile 0.67 (0.54–0.83) <0.001
3rd tertile 0.45 (0.35–0.57) <0.001
Vigorous (METs h/week)
Yes (MET-h/week > 0) 0.99 (0.57–1.74) 0.981
Met exercise guideline
Yes b 0.67 (0.52–0.86) 0.002
No 1.00

a Adjusted for maternal age (<25; 25–35; >35), occupation (currently not working; currently working), education level (secondary school or lower; high school graduate; college/university or above), parity (0; 1; ≥2), pre-pregnancy body mass index (overweight; not overweight), gestational diabetes (yes; no), gestational age (preterm; not preterm), caesarean section (yes; no), low birth weight (yes; no), and admission to neonatal intensive care unit (yes; no); b Meeting Department of Health and Human Services guideline of > 7.5 MET h/week in sports/exercise activities of moderate-intensity or greater [4]; Abbreviations: HR, Hazard Ratio; CI, Confident Interval; MET, Metabolic Equivalent Task. Bolded p-values are significant.