Change in active transportation and weight gain in pregnancy

Table 1 Maternal characteristics

	All (n = 219)	Active-less active (n = 66)	Active-active (n = 153)	p value^*
NFFD intervention group^†	49.8 (109)	47.0 (31)	51.0 (78)	0.586
Maternal age (years)^‡	27.8 (4.4)	28.3 (4.5)	27.6 (4.3)	0.243
Height (cm)^¥	168.5 (6.0)	169.0 (6.1)	168.3 (5.9)	0.463
Weight (kg)^¥	67.4 (11.7)	68.2 (12.9)	67.1 (11.2)	0.508
BMI (kg/cm²)^¥	23.7 (3.8)	23.8 (4.0)	23.7 (3.7)	0.747
Not college education	28.8 (63)	24.2 (16)	30.7 (47)	0.331
Non-smoker^¥	74.2 (167)	76.1 (51)	73.4 (116)	0.672
NFFD-diet score^¥	4.9 (2.2)	4.6 (2.4)	5.0 (2.2)	0.212
MET score (MET-minutes*week^-1)^¥	2396 (1879)	2353 (1726)	2415 (1949)	0.824
MET score (MET-minutes*week^-1)^‡	1649 (1497)^a	1428 (1101)^c	1743 (1643)^b	0.192
∆ MET score (MET-minutes*week^-1)	835 (1241)^a	943 (1341)^c	790 (1199)^b	0.445
Nausea^‡	30.7 (69)	32.8 (22)	26.6 (42)	0.646
Preeclampsia	6.6 (14)^d	6.3 (4)^f	6.8(10)^e	1.0
Gestational age at delivery (days)	279 (14)	282 (12)	278 (15)	0.039

Data are mean (SD) and % (n). Active-active group; Changed from “walk/bike to walk/bike”, or from “public transportation to public transportation”
Active-less active group; Changed from “walk/bike to public transportation/car”, or changed from “public transportation” to “car”
BMI Body Mass Index, MET Metabolic Equivalent Task, NFFD Norwegian fit for delivery
^* p value; based on comparison between “Active-active” and “Active-less active” groups. ^† Randomised to intervention group in the NFFD trial. ^‡ At inclusion (median gestational weeks 16.0 (range 8.0–20.0)). ^¥ Pre-pregnancy. ^a n = 184, ^b n = 129, ^c n = 55, ^d n = 212, ^e n = 148, ^f n = 64

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