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Table 3 Baseline characteristics by leisure-time physical activity trajectory class across nuMoM2b study visits

From: Patterns of leisure-time physical activity across pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes

Baseline characteristics

Leisure-time physical activity trajectory class

p-value1/

High

Early decreasing

Early increasing

Late decreasing

Low

(N = 3483)

(N = 1017)

(N = 1338)

(N = 2404)

(N = 1780)

Maternal age, in years

 Mean (standard deviation)

28.8 (5.4)

25.5 (5.5)

25.8 (5.8)

26.9 (5.4)

25.2 (5.6)

<.0001

 Category: n (%)

     

<.0001

  13–21

427 (12.3)

301 (29.6)

372 (27.8)

478 (19.9)

551 (31.0)

  22–35

2735 (78.6)

682 (67.1)

886 (66.2)

1783 (74.2)

1131 (63.5)

   > 35

318 (9.1)

34 (3.3)

80 (6.0)

143 (5.9)

98 (5.5)

Maternal race: n (%)

     

<.0001

 White Non-Hispanic

2491 (71.6)

536 (52.7)

682 (51.0)

1540 (64.1)

740 (41.6)

  Black Non-Hispanic

290 (8.3)

180 (17.7)

256 (19.1)

330 (13.7)

362 (20.3)

 Hispanic

374 (10.7)

200 (19.7)

258 (19.3)

325 (13.5)

534 (30.0)

 Asian

151 (4.3)

35 (3.4)

62 (4.6)

95 (4.0)

64 (3.6)

 Other

174 (5.0)

66 (6.5)

80 (6.0)

114 (4.7)

80 (4.5)

Early Pregnancy BMI, in kg/m2

 Mean (standard deviation)

25.2 (5.3)

27.4 (6.9)

27.0 (6.8)

26.9 (6.8)

26.8 (6.4)

<.0001

 Category: n (%)

     

<.0001

   < 25

2112 (61.7)

442 (44.2)

663 (50.3)

1180 (49.9)

797 (46.8)

  25 to < 30

803 (23.4)

282 (28.2)

293 (22.2)

586 (24.8)

480 (28.2)

   ≥ 30

510 (14.9)

275 (27.5)

361 (27.4)

601 (25.4)

426 (25.0)

Nausea, vomiting, retching in 12 h prior V1 interview: n (%)

1704 (49.0)

592 (58.2)

789 (59.0)

1317 (54.8)

1016 (57.1)

<.0001

Smoked during 3 months prior to pregnancy: n (%)

487 (14.0)

223 (21.9)

288 (21.6)

392 (16.3)

392 (22.1)

<.0001

Chronic hypertension: n (%)

43 (1.3)

36 (3.7)

36 (2.8)

84 (3.7)

43 (2.6)

<.0001

Pre-gestational diabetes: n (%)

30 (0.9)

25 (2.5)

29 (2.2)

51 (2.2)

16 (1.0)

<.0001

  1. 1/p-values are shown for chi-square tests (percent) and from ANOVA F-tests (mean [SD])