Changes in autonomic nervous system activity, body weight, and percentage fat mass in the first year postpartum and factors regulating the return to pre-pregnancy weight

Table 4 Comparison between weight loss group and no weight loss group

	30–150 days		P values	150–270 days		P values	270–360 days		P values
	weight loss group	no weight loss group	P values	weight loss group	no weight loss group	P values	weight loss group	no weight loss group	P values
SNS activity	2.9 ± 0.8	2.1 ± 0.4	0.406	2.1 ± 0.3	1.9 ± 0.2	0.618	2.0 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.5	0.776
PNS activity	0.4 ± 0.03	0.4 ± 0.04	0.393	0.4 ± 0.02	0.4 ± 0.03	0.618	0.4 ± 0.02	0.4 ± 0.05	0.776

Mean ± standard error; Mann-Whitney-U test
SNS sympathetic nervous system, PNS parasympathetic nervous system
TP at 30-150 days was considered to be 100, and SNS activity, PNS activity were normalized by this value

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