Prenatal physical activity and the gut microbiota of pregnant women: results from a preliminary investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether physical activity (PA), specifically meeting the recommended 150 minutes of moderate-intensity PA per week, is associated with gut microbiota composition in pregnant women.

Methods

In an ongoing birth cohort study, questions from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which provides data on PA variables, were used to determine whether pregnant women met or exceeded the PA recommendations. To profile the composition of gut bacterial microbiota, 16S rRNA sequencing was performed on stool samples obtained from pregnant women. Differences in alpha diversity metrics (richness, Pielou's evenness, and Shannon's diversity) according to PA were determined using linear regression, whereas beta diversity relationships (Canberra and Bray-Curtis) wer

SUBMITTER: Santarossa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10440177 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature