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Table 2 Maternal physical activity level in urban and rural pregnant women (n = 437)

From: Risk factors for low birth weight among rural and urban Malaysian women

 

Urban n = 199

Rural n = 238

 

Intensity of Physical Activity (MET-hours/week)

Median (25th, 75th)

Median (25th, 75th)

p-value

Total

186.1 (130.0, 248.5)

184.8 (127.6, 247.3)

0.748

Sedentary

74.2 (41.7, 104.4)

58.0 (30.7, 96.0)

0.003*

Moderate

15.8 (0.8, 44.8)

15.8 (4.8, 47.9)

0.383

Light

79.5 (52.2, 108.8)

88.2 (57.6, 115.7)

0.111

Vigorous

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

0.228

Type of Physical Activity

 Household

76 (45.2, 113.9)

82.8 (52.5, 124.6)

0.036*

 Occupational

49 (0, 86.5)

0 (0, 71.1)

< 0.001*

 Sports

0 (0, 2.4)

0.38 (0, 3.5)

0.010*

  1. *Significance value at p < 0.05 using Mann-Whitney U test
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