Original ResearchExercise during pregnancy (frequency, intensity, type, time, volume): birth outcomes in women at risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
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Key words
birth measures
dose-response
exercise
FITT-V
hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
pregnancy
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- Funding: This research was supported by American Heart Association Grant #15GRNT24470029 (PI Linda May) #18IPA3410006 (PI Linda May) and internal grant from East Carolina University.
- Ethics Approval: This study used data from participants enrolled in a randomized control trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03517293). Approval for this study was obtained from the East Carolina University Institutional Review Board. All experimental procedures were conducted at East Carolina University.
- Data Transparency: Data will be made available upon request.
- Condensation: In women at risk of developing hypertension during pregnancy, higher exercise volume led to lower blood pressure during pregnancy, while also increasing gestational age at birth and increasing birthweight in their offspring.
- Conflicts of Interest: The authors report no conflict of interest.
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