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Table 3 Time and proportion of time spent in sedentary behaviours

From: Sedentary behaviours during pregnancy: a systematic review

 

Studies

N

Mean or median (SD or SE or IQR)

Time spent in SB (objective)

 Time spent in SB (h/day)

Ruifrok 2014 [12]

111

8.6 (SD 2.86)

Hawkins 2014 [10]

294

9.2 (SE 16.2)a

Loprinzi 2013 [44]

206

7.7 (SE 0.2)a

Hjorth 2012 [9]

304

18.3a (IQR16.65–19.6)

Evenson 2011 [11]

359

7.07 (SE 0.165)a

Di Fabio 2015 [8]

46

12.65 (SD 1.95)a

 Sitting quietly or very light sitting activities (h/day)

Van Raaij 1990 [38]

18

6.7 (SD1.6)a

 Light to moderate sitting activities (h/day)

Van Raaij 1990 [38]

18

1.6 (SD1.1)a

 Sit/lie time (h/day)

Di Fabio 2015 [8]

46

18.2 (IQR17.1–19) w18; 18.3 (IQR17.6–19.4) w35

Time spent in SB (non-objective)

 Television time (h/day)

Padmapriya 2015 [42]

1171

2.4 (SD1.5)a

 Total sitting time (h/day)

Padmapriya 2015 [42)

1171

8.6 (SD3.3)a

Proportion of time spent in SB (objective)

 % of day spent in SB

Hjorth 2012 [9]

304

76.4% (IQR 69.37–81.6a)

 % of wear time spent in SB

Ruifrok 2014 [12]

111

65%

Evenson 2011 [11]

359

57.1% (SE 0.77)

Hawkins 2014 [10]

294

64.4% (SE 0.02)a

 % of time awake in SB

Di Fabio 2015 [8]

46

76% (SD11) w18–78% (SD13) w35

 % of day time in sit/lie

Di Fabio 2015 [8]

46

76% (IQR71–79) w18; 76% (IQR73–81) w35

  1. a Numbers were calculated as means and converted to the same units