Table 1.
Demographic and obstetric characteristics of women.
Fig 1.
Prevalence of exercise practice before and during pregnancy in different gestational period and according to exercise criteria: active or ACOG criteria.
(A) Frequencies of pre-gestational exercise vs. exercise some period of pregnancy (p = 0.01); pre-gestational exercise vs. all three trimesters (p<0.0001). (B) Pre-gestational exercise vs. exercise at 1st, 2sd e 3tr trimesters (p<0.0001); exercise 1° vs. 2° and 2° vs. 3° trimesters (p<0.0001)—McNemar Qui-square test. Frequency of exercise according to ACOG recommendations (150 minutes/week).
Fig 2.
The percentage participating in a given exercise type in each gestational trimester.
Other exercises: dance, cycling, swimming, running, prenatal exercise class e pelvic floor exercises.
Table 2.
Description of physical activity energy expenditure in MET-h/week during pregnancy, according to intensity and type of activity based on PPAQ.
Table 3.
Women characteristics according to physical activity during pregnancy (active or sedentary).
Table 4.
Logistic regression results for odds of exercising during pregnancy according to women characteristics.
Table 5.
Perinatal outcome according to physical activity during pregnancy (active or sedentary).