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Table 1 The demographic and the health related characteristics among physical activity groups of the last 2 trimesters (n = 862)

From: Can physical activity reduce excessive gestational weight gain? Findings from a Chinese urban pregnant women cohort study

   

Sedentary

Low active

Somewhat active

Active

P

   

(n = 149)

(n = 343)

(n = 252)

(n = 118)

 

Age (year)( x ̄ ± S D )

27.2 ± 2.5

27.3 ± 2.5

26.8 ± 2.1

27.1 ± 2.8

0.15†

Pre-pregnancy height (cm) ( x ̄ ± S D )

162 ± 5

161 ± 4

161 ± 4

161 ± 5

0.81†

Pre-pregnancy body weight (kg) ( x ̄ ± S D )

53.5 ± 7.3

52.7 ± 6.6

52.2 ± 6.4

51.3 ± 6.1

0.05†*

Pre-pregnancy BMI(kg/m2)( x ̄ ± S D )

20.5 ± 2.5

20.3 ± 2.3

20.1 ± 2.2

19.8 ± 2.1

0.07†

Food energy intake (kcal)/d ( x ̄ ± S D )

2507 ± 228

2520 ± 241

2490 ± 247

2527 ± 257

0.40†

Gestational age (week) ( x ̄ ± S D )

39.6 ± 1.0

39.4 ± 1.2

39.5 ± 1.0

39.5 ± 1.3

0.36†

Education n(%)

Junior

middle school

7(18.9)

14(37.8)

8(21.6)

8(21.6)

0.92‡

 

Senior

 

15(16.9)

36(40.4)

23(25.8)

15(16.9)

 
 

Vocational

 

23(18.5)

49(39.5)

34(27.4)

18(14.5)

 
 

College

56(17.3)

131(40.6)

101(31.3)

35(10.8)

 
 

University

48(16.6)

113(39.1)

86(29.8)

42(14.5)

 

Job type n (%)

Office work

95(15.9)

241(40.4)

183(30.7)

77(12.9)

0.17#

 

Non office work

22(21.4)

41(39.8)

20(19.4)

20(19.4)

 
 

Others

32(19.6)

61(37.4)

49(30.1)

21(12.9)

 

Family Income n (%)

≤ 4000(RMB*)

80(15.2)

212(40.2)

153(29.0)

82(15.6)

0.01‡,*

 

4000 ~ 8000 (RMB*)

56(19.6)

107(37.5)

92(32.3)

30(10.5)

 
 

> 8000 (RMB*)

13(26.0)

24(48.0)

7(14.0)

6(12.0)

 

Partner smokes n (%)

Yes

71(17.4)

165(40.5)

116(28.5)

55(13.5)

0.96#

 

No

78(17.1)

178(39.1)

136(29.9)

63(13.8)

 
  1. †One-way ANOVA; ‡ Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel chi-square; #Pearson chi-square *P < 0.05