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 |
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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) |
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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.