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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the women in study 1 and study 2

From: Physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy: Two feasibility studies

Variable

Study 1

Study 2

Overall

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

 

N = 10

N = 22

N = 32

Married or living with partner

7 (70)

16 (72.7)

23 (71.8)

White European

9 (90)

14 (63.6)

23 (71.8)

Professional/managerial occupation

7 (70)

8 (36.4)

15 (46.9)

Employed

5 (50)

16 (72.4)

21 (65.6)

Desperately/very important to quit smoking

9 (90)

22 (100)

21 (96.9)

Extremely/very determined to quit smoking

9 (90)

19 (86.4)

28 (87.5)

'Extremely' or 'very' high rating of chances of giving up smoking

0

4 (18.1)

4 (12.5)

Walking as main exercise mode

20 (90.9)

9 (90.0)

29 (90.6)

Achieving 30 minutes of physical activity at least 5 days a week

3 (30.0)

4 (18.2)

7 (21.9)

Responded 'to some degree or very much so':

   

See yourself as the kind of person who exercises regularly

No record

9 (40.9)

 

Thought of exercising is appealing

No record

13 (59.1)

 

Think exercise is something you should do

No record

21 (95.5)

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age

32.7 (5.3)

29.0 (5.6)

30.2 (5.7)

Full-time education (years)

14.4 (3.1)

14.0 (3.3)

14.2 (3.2)

Gestation (weeks)

16.5 (6.3)

16.2 (3.2)

16.3 (4.3)

Cigarettes per day now

10.9 (6.3)

8.2 (5.1)

9.03 (5.5)

Cigarettes per day before pregnancy

No record

18.4 (7.9)

 

Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence score

3.6 (1.7)

3.2 (1.7)

3.3 (1.7)

Expired carbon monoxide level (ppm)

13.2 (5.6)

20.8 (13.0)

18.3 (11.6)

Reports of hours of physical activity per week

2.4 (1.2)

3.6 (2.8)

3.1 (2.5)

Days per week achieving 30 minutes of physical activity

2.7 (2.2)

2.9 (2.1)

2.8 (2.1)