Physical Activity during Pregnancy: Impact of Applying Different Physical Activity Guidelines

Table 2

Weekly minutes spent in moderate-vigorous physical activity according to multiple guidelines.

	Week 18	Week 35
	Median min · wk^−1; (IQR) 𝑛=55	Median min · wk^−1; (IQR) 𝑛=66
MVPA	455 (351–585)	468 (240–644)
MVPA; bouts	141 (79–199)	118 (31–257)
M2VPA; bouts	145 (86–221)	125 (32–268)
3 * 30	1 bout (0–2)	1 bout (0–3)
5 * 30	1 bout (0–2)	1 bout (0–3)
MET PA	10664; (10052–11228)	10433; (9587–11288)

MVPA: moderate-vigorous physical activity accumulated throughout the week; MVPA bouts: moderate-vigorous physical activity performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes; M2VPA bouts: moderate-vigorous physical activity performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes with 1 minute of vigorous physical activity equivalent to 2 minutes of moderate activity; 3 * 30: At least 3 sessions of moderate-vigorous physical activity sustained for at least 30 minutes; 5 * 30: At least 5 sessions of moderate-vigorous physical activity sustained for at least 30 minutes; MET PA: total accumulation of weekly MET minutes.