Table 1.
Characteristics of participants in the active Pregnancy Lifestyle Activity and Nutrition intervention arm and qualitative interviews.
| Participant characteristic | Participants in the intervention arm who completed the study (n=22) | Qualitative interviews (n=9) | |||
| Maternal age (years), mean (SD) | 33.0 (4.1) | 33.0 (3.2) | |||
| Enrollment gestational age (weeks), mean (SD) | 9.0 (1.2) | 9.0 (1.3) | |||
| Reported prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 25.4 (4.7) | 26.7 (4.3) | |||
| Measured enrollment BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 26.2 (4.9) | 28.3 (4.5) | |||
| Enrollment BMI category (kg/m2), n (%) | |||||
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Underweight (<18.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
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Normal weight (18.5-24.9) | 10 (45) | 3 (33) | ||
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Overweight (25.0-29.9) | 8 (36) | 3 (33) | ||
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Obese (≥30.0) | 4 (18) | 3 (33) | ||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
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White | 22 (100) | 9 (100) | ||
| Private health care, n (%) | 20 (91) | 9 (100) | |||
| Household income, n (%) | |||||
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<AUD $100,000 (US $64,368) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | ||
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AUD $100,001-AUD $150,000 (US $64,368-US $96,552) | 6 (27) | 1 (11) | ||
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>AUD $150,000 (US $96,552) | 12 (54) | 5 (56) | ||
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Did not answer | 2 (9) | 3 (33) | ||
| Highest level of education, n (%) | |||||
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Tertiary | 12 (54) | 5 (56) | ||
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Other (diploma or trade) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | ||
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Secondary or below | 5 (23) | 1 (11) | ||
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Unknown | 3 (14) | 3 (33) | ||
| Parity, n (%) | |||||
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Nulliparous | 9 (41) | 3 (33) | ||
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Multiparous | 12 (54) | 3 (33) | ||
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Unknown | 1 (4) | 3 (33) | ||
| Total gestational weight gain (kg), mean (SD) | 13.1 (3) | 14.7 (4) | |||
| Gestational weight gain within Institute of Medicine guidelinesa, n (%) | |||||
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Below | 5 (21) | 1 (11) | ||
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Within | 5 (21) | 2 (22) | ||
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Exceed | 12 (54) | 6 (67) | ||
aIntervention period.