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

Table 3

Distribution of pregnant women meeting physical activity guidelines.

	Week 18 of pregnancy, 𝑛=55 (% (𝑛))						Week 35 of pregnancy, 𝑛=66 (% (𝑛))
	MVPA	MVPA bouts	M2VPA bouts	3 * 30	5 * 30	MET PA	MVPA	MVPA bouts	M2VPA bouts	3 * 30	5 * 30	MET PA
Sufficient	95 (52)	47 (26)	49 (27)	22 (12)	5 (3)	100 (55)	91 (60)	39 (26)	44 (29)	26 (17)	9 (6)	100 (66)
Insufficient	5 (3)	49 (27)	47 (26)	36 (20)	53 (29)	0	9 (6)	56 (37)	52 (34)	30 (20)	47 (31)	0
None	0	4 (2)	4 (2)	42 (23)	42 (23)	N/A	0	5 (3)	5 (3)	44 (29)	44 (29)	N/A

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.