Table 1. Characteristics of respondents from online survey for pregnant women with GDM during COVID-19 pandemic according to meeting the physical activity guidelines/not meeting the physical activity guidelines.
| Maternal characteristics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | All | Meeting PA guidelines during COVID-19 | Not meeting PA guidelines during COVID-19 | P Value |
| Mean (SD) | 32.1 (4.7) | 33.0 (4.3) | 31.8 (4.8) | .032* |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
| Educational qualifications a | n = 419 | n = 103 | n = 315 | .004* |
| Undergraduate degree or higher | 246 (58.7) | 73 (29.7) | 173 (70.3) | |
| No degree | 173 (41.3) | 30 (17.4) | 142 (82.6) | |
| Key worker a | n = 418 | n = 104 | n = 313 | .929 |
| Yes (%) | 182 (43.5) | 45 (24.7) | 137 (75.3) | |
| No (%) | 236 (56.5) | 59 (25.1) | 176 (74.9) | |
| Country a | n = 413 | n = 102 | n = 310 | .561 |
| England (%) | 305 (73.8) | 77 (25.3) | 227 (74.7) | |
| Northern Ireland | 73 (17.7) | 19 (26) | 54 (74) | |
| Scotland | 30 (7.3) | 5 (16.7) | 25 (83.3) | |
| Wales** | 5 (1.2) | 1 (20) | 4 (80) |
a Cell counts may not add up to total number of respondents due to missing values.
*Statistically significant result.
**England and Wales were combined for analysis due to small numbers for Wales.