Table 1.
Participant Characteristics of Pregnant Women in the MoM Health Study, Overall and across SED Trajectories (n=105)
| Overall (n=105) |
Low SED (n=20) |
Medium SED (n=42) |
High SED (n=43) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 31 (5) | 33 (5) | 32 (4) | 30 (5) | 0.086 |
| Race | |||||
| Black | 18 (17%) | 3 (15%) | 4 (10%) | 11 (26%) | 0.136 |
| Non-black | 87 (83%) | 17 (85%) | 38 (90%) | 32 (74%) | |
| Education | |||||
| ≤High School | 10 (10%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (7%) | 6 (14%) | 0.300 |
| Some College or Associates Degree | 22 (21%) | 7 (35%) | 7 (17%) | 8 (19%) | |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 27 (26%) | 5 (25%) | 8 (19%) | 14 (33%) | |
| Graduate Degree | 46 (44%) | 7 (35%) | 24 (57%) | 15 (35%) | |
| Parity | |||||
| Nulliparous | 45 (43%) | 6 (30%) | 16 (38%) | 23 (53%) | 0.154 |
| 1 or more | 60 (57%) | 14 (70%) | 26 (62%) | 20 (47%) | |
| History of APO * | |||||
| Gestational Hypertension | 4 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (15%) | 0.267 |
| Preeclampsia | 6 (10%) | 2 (15%) | 3 (12%) | 1 (5%) | 0.646 |
| Gestational Diabetes | 3 (5%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (5%) | 1.000 |
| Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m 2 | 26.2 (6.6) | 29.1 (8.5) | 24.6 (5.4) | 26.4 (6.6) | 0.046 |
| Prepregnancy BMI classification | |||||
| Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 5 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (10%) | 1 (2%) | 0.225 |
| Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 49 (47%) | 8 (40%) | 20 (48%) | 21 (49%) | |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) | 26 (25%) | 3 (15%) | 11 (26%) | 12 (28%) | |
| Obese (≥30.0 kg/m2) | 25 (24%) | 9 (45%) | 7 (17%) | 9 (21%) |
Data presented ast mean (SD) or n (%);
Abbreviations: APO, adverse pregnancy outcomes; BMI, body mass index; SED, sedentary behavior
*
Among 60 parous women (By SED trajectory: low n=14; medium n=26; high n=20)