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Table 3 Associations between population characteristics and sufficient PA in mid-to-late pregnancy

From: Changes in physical activity across pregnancy among Chinese women: a longitudinal cohort study

Characteristics

Sufficient PA in mid-to-late pregnancy (n = 1373)

P value

N (%)

OR (95%CI)

Demographic characteristics

   

Age (years)

   

  < 25

158 (11.51)

1.000

 

 25–29

730 (53.17)

1.212 (0.922, 1.592)

0.168

 30–34

342 (24.91)

1.068 (0.783, 1.457)

0.677

  ≥ 35

143 (10.42)

1.186 (0.808, 1.743)

0.384

Residential region

   

 East

527 (38.38)

1.000

 

 Central

368 (26.80)

0.747 (0.609, 0.916)

0.005

 West

478 (34.81)

1.247 (1.012, 1.537)

0.038

Ethnicity

   

 Han

1296 (94.39)

1.000

 

 Minority

77 (5.61)

0.976 (0.677, 1.408)

0.898

 Educational level

   

 High school or below

371 (27.02)

1.000

 

 University or above

1002 (72.98)

1.023 (0.818, 1.279)

0.842

Annual household income (RMB Yuan)

   

Low income (< 80,000)

295 (21.49)

1.000

 

Lower medium income (80,000–109,999)

359 (26.15)

0.950 (0.745, 1.211)

0.680

Higher medium income (110,000–199,999)

288 (20.98)

1.185 (0.901, 1.557)

0.224

High income (> 200,000)

431 (31.39)

1.096 (0.853, 1.409)

0.472

Occupation

   

Unemployed

316 (23.02)

1.000

 

Manual occupation

756 (55.06)

0.888 (0.702, 1.124)

0.324

Non-manual occupation

301 (21.92)

1.089 (0.838, 1.415)

0.525

Pregnancy characteristics

   

Parity

   

Nulliparity

856 (62,35)

1.000

 

Multiparity

517 (37.65)

0.926 (0.759, 1.131)

0.452

Pregnancy intention

   

Intended

1038 (75.60)

1.000

 

Unintended

335 (24.40)

0.938 (0.773, 1.139)

0.520

Health characteristics

   

Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

   

 < 18.5

183 (13.33)

1.069 (0.829, 1.377)

 

18.5–23.9

883 (64.31)

1.000

0.608

 ≥ 24

307 (22.36)

1.035 (0.842, 1.272)

0.746

History of smoking

   

No

1349 (98.25)

1.000

 

Yes

24 (1.75)

0.551 (0.315, 0.964)

0.037

History of drinking

   

No

1304 (94.97)

1.000

 

Yes

69 (5.03)

1.046 (0.714, 1.531)

0.819

PA level in early pregnancy

   

Insufficient

836 (60.89)

1.000

 

Sufficient

537 (39.11)

1.897 (1.583, 2.274)

 < 0.001

  1. OR was adjusted for the rest of the variables in the table. A P value < 0.05 was considered significant, and significant values are marked with bold text