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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics, physical activity and sedentary time of participants

From: Which cancer survivors are at risk for a physically inactive and sedentary lifestyle? Results from pooled accelerometer data of 1447 cancer survivors

 

Participants (n = 1447)

Demographic

 Age, mean (SD) years

59.3 (11.4)

 Sex, n (%)

  Women

1134 (78.4)

 Marital status, n (%)

  Married

1137 (78.6)

 Education level, n (%)

  Low

165 (11.4)

  Middle

696 (48.1)

  High

571 (39.9)

 Employment, n (%)

  Unemployed

181 (12.5)

  Employed

700 (48.4)

  Retired

470 (32.5)

  Missing

96 (6.6)

Clinical

 BMI, mean (SD) kg/m2

26.1 (5.0)

 Cancer Type, n (%)

  Breast

844 (58.3)

  Testicular

5 (0.3)

  Haematological

259 (17.9)

  Colorectal

205 (14.2)

  Gynaecological

13 (0.9)

  Lung

121 (8.4)

 Treatment, n (%)

  No treatment/only surgery

254 (17.6)

  Surgery + chemotherapy

489 (33.8)

  Surgery + radiotherapy

218 (15.1)

  Surgery + chemotherapy + radiotherapy

432 (29.9)

  Missing

54 (3.6)

 Comorbidities, n (%)

  None

562 (38.8)

  One or more

835 (57.7)

  Missing

50 (3.5)

 Time since diagnosis, median (IQR) months

46.6 (15.3–51.3)

 Fatigue, mean (SD)

  FACIT-fatigue

42.2 (9.2)

  MFI-general fatigue

12.6 (3.9)

  FSI-disruption index

2.0 (2.0)

 

Mean (SD)

Wear time

Physical activity and sedentary time

 Accelerometer wear time per day

  Minutes

864.5 (70.3)

100%

 Sedentary time per day

  Minutes

568.1 (91.8)

66%

  Time in bouts of ≥20 min

261.8 (102.8)

30%

  Number of bouts, n

7.2 (2.4)

 

 Light-intensity physical activity per day

  Minutes

270.0 (77.5)

31%

  75th percentile, counts

709.2 (124.7)

 

 Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity per day

  Minutes

26.4 (19.8)

3%

  Time in bouts of ≥10 min

3.9 (8.6)

0.5%

  Number of bouts, n

0.2 (0.3)

 

 Total physical activity per day

  Minutes

296.4 (89.3)

34%

  Time in bouts of ≥10 min

139.4 (86.8)

16%

  Number of bouts, n

6.6 (3.3)

 

 Total counts

  Average counts per day

243494 (118368)

 

  Average counts per minute

281 (132)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, FACIT functional assessment of chronic illness therapy, FSI fatigue symptom inventory, kg kilogram, m meter, MFI multidimensional fatigue inventory, n number of participants, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range