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. 2021 Aug 20;16(8):e0254364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254364

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.