Table 3 Associations of maternal early to mid-pregnancy sedentary behavior with adverse obstetric outcomes.

From: Maternal sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in early to mid-pregnancy and obstetric outcomes: a cohort study

Adverse outcome

Most sedentary tertile (n = 453)

Least sedentary tertile (n = 456)

Most sedentary tertile versus least sedentary tertile (reference)

Unadjusted model

Adjusted modela

n (%)

n (%)

OR

CI

p

OR

CI

p

Gestational hypertension

18 (4.0)

17 (3.7)

1.07

0.54–2.10

0.848

0.87

0.39–1.94

0.731

Preeclampsia (all)

29 (6.4)

11 (2.4)

2.77

1.37–5.61

0.005

3.22

1.44–7.16

0.004

Severe preeclampsia

6 (1.3)

1 (0.2)

6.11

0.73–50.93

0.095

9.84

1.05–92.66

0.046

Preterm preeclampsia

9 (2.0)

2 (0.4)

4.60

0.99–21.42

0.052

5.61

1.04–30.23

0.045

Term preeclampsia

20 (4.4)

9 (2.0)

2.29

1.03–5.09

0.041

2.40

0.97–5.98

0.059

Gestational diabetes mellitus

19 (4.2)

7 (1.5)

2.81

1.17–6.75

0.021

2.50

0.90–6.95

0.078

Elective caesarean section

26 (5.7)

30 (6.6)

0.87

0.50–1.49

0.599

0.88

0.46–1.67

0.687

Severe PPH

46 (10.4)

34 (7.7)

1.40

0.88–2.22

0.158

1.05

0.60–1.81

0.875

Labor dystociab

98 (23.1)

67 (15.7)

1.58

1.12–2.23

0.009

0.89

0.58–1.36

0.595

Spontaneous vaginal deliveryb

346 (81.0)

365 (85.7)

0.71

0.50–1.03

0.069

1.17

0.73–1.81

0.485

Vacuum extractionb

34 (9.0)

26 (6.1)

1.37

0.80–2.33

0.247

0.78

0.41–1.47

0.440

Emergency caesarean sectionb

47 (11.0)

35 (8.2)

1.38

0.87–2.19

0.168

0.90

0.52–1.57

0.719

  1. Data are odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Bold text indicates significant results. Data were analyzed using logistic regression models. BMI body mass index, PPH postpartum hemorrhage. aAdjustments in the model: first trimester BMI, age, smoking at first antenatal visit, parity, maternal country of birth, pre-pregnancy disease, and year of study participation. bOnly including women not undergoing elective caesarean section (n = 1278).
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