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Physical activity and glucose tolerance in overweight and obese pregnant women

Idowu, Aminat Titilola
Master thesis
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2015
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the association between self-reported physical activity levels and glucose

tolerance among overweight and obese pregnant women.

Methods: 55 overweight or obese pregnant women (mean age ± SD; 31.6 ± 3.8 years), who had been

included in the ongoing Exercise Training in Pregnancy (ETIP) study, were recruited for this sub

study. 49% of the study’s participants were nulliparous while 96% were obese (BMI≥30). Selfreported physical activity in early gestation (range 12-14 weeks) and late gestation (range 34-37

weeks) was assessed using standardized questionnaires. Oral glucose tolerance test was also assessed

at these periods to determine 2-hour plasma glucose in both early and late pregnancy. Spearman’s

correlation coefficient was use to assess the association. A general linear regression (forward model)

was carried out to assess the strength of the association. Fisher’s exact test was used to determine

difference in the prevalence of GDM across physical activity levels.

Results: We found moderate to no correlation between self-reported physical activity levels and 2-hour plasma glucose in late pregnancy. However, correlation was moderate to low, with 2-hour plasma

glucose in early pregnancy (ρ =0.468; 0.01
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