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Table 3 Indicators and demographic and clinical characteristics of activity profiles

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

 

Profile 1

Average profile

Profile 2

High potential profile

Profile 3

Highly active profile

Profile 4

Highly sedentary profile

Profile 5

Sufficiently active profile

Profile 6

Insufficiently active profile

Number of participants

414

267

45

204

110

407

Probability (median, range)

1.0 (0.5–1.0)

1.0 (0.5–1.0)

1.0 (0.6–1.0)

1.0 (0.5–1.0)

1.0 (0.6–1.0)

1.0 (0.5–1.0)

Indicators of activity profiles

 Average counts (counts/minute, SD)

279.2 (60.5)

377.7 (79.9)

515.8 (102.1)

123.3 (41.4)

516.4 (108.0)

207.1 (57.2)

 Total sedentary time (% wear time, SD)

64.4 (2.8)

56.8 (3.3)

63.3 (4.9)

80.0 (3.5)

45.8 (4.3)

71.7 (2.7)

 Sedentary time in bouts (% wear time, SD)

27.3 (7.1)

21.1 (6.7)

28.1 (7.3)

48.3 (8.8)

14.1 (5.5)

35.2 (7.6)

 Total PA in bouts (% wear time, SD)

16.2 (2.7)

25.1 (3.6)

19.5 (5.1)

4.0 (2.2)

38.5 (5.8)

9.5 (2.5)

 Number of PA bouts (n, SD)

7.1 (1.1)

10.0 (1.2)

7.1 (2.0)

2.0 (1.0)

12.8 (2.0)

4.4 (1.0)

 Average counts in LPA (counts/min, SD)

375.0 (60.5)

421.7 (51.8)

399.8 (41.6)

305.6 (41.4)

469.5 (61.1)

342.9 (44.6)

 Total MVPA (% wear time, SD)

2.9 (1.3)

4.3 (1.8)

7.4 (1.9)

0.9 (0.7)

6.5 (2.5)

2.0 (1.2)

 MVPA bouts (% wear time, SD)

0.4 (0.1)

0.4 (0.1)

4.2 (1.6)

0.0 (0.0)

0.6 (0.1)

0.2 (0.1)

Demographic and clinical characteristics

 Age, mean (SD) years

59.3 (10.9)

57.5 (10.9)

56.0 (9.3)

62.1 (12.5)

58.6 (10.8)

59.7 (11.8)

 Sex, % (n)

  Female

81.2 (336)

83.1 (222)

80.0 (36)

66.7 (136)

75.5 (83)

78.9 (321)

 Marital status, % (n)

  Married

80.7 (334)

82.8 (221)

86.7 (39)

70.6 (144)

74.5 (82)

77.9 (317)

 Education, % (n)

  Low

9.2 (38)

12.7 (34)

2.2 (1)

11.3 (23)

20.9 (23)

11.3 (46)

  Middle

48.6 (201)

52.4 (140)

22.2 (10)

49.5 (101)

50.9 (56)

46.2 (188)

  High

41.3 (171)

33.7 (90)

75.6 (34)

38.7 (79)

26.4 (29)

41.3 (168)

 Employment, % (n)

  Unemployed

11.4 (47)

15.7 (42)

2.2 (1)

11.3 (23)

13.6 (15)

13.0 (53)

  Employed

53.4 (221)

53.6 (143)

62.2 (28)

26.5 (54)

51.8 (57)

48.4 (197)

  Retired

31.4 (130)

29.6 (79)

31.1 (14)

40.7 (83)

31.8 (35)

31.7 (129)

 BMI, mean (SD) kg/m2

26.2 (4.7)

26.2 (4.6)

23.3 (2.8)

26.2 (5.9)

26.2 (4.9)

26.3 (5.2)

 Smoking status, % (n)

  Non-smoker

94.2 (390)

95.5 (255)

100 (45)

84.3 (172)

94.5 (104)

92.9 (378)

 Diagnosis, % (n)

  Breast

62.8 (260)

61.0 (163)

71.1 (32)

45.1 (92)

52.7 (58)

58.7 (239)

  Gastrointestinal

12.3 (51)

20.2 (54)

15.6 (7)

6.9 (14)

18.2 (20)

14.5 (59)

  Haematological

16.2 (67)

15.0 (40)

8.9 (4)

27.9 (57)

27.3 (30)

15.0 (61)

  Testicular

0.5 (2)

0.4 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.5 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.2 (1)

  Lung

7.5 (31)

2.2 (6)

4.4 (2)

19.6 (40)

1.8 (2)

9.8 (40)

  Gynaecological

0.7 (3)

1.1 (3)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

1.7 (7)

 Treatment, % (n)

  No treatment/only surgery

17.6 (73)

17.6 (47)

13.3 (6)

17.6 (36)

20.9 (23)

17.0 (69)

  Surgery + chemotherapy

34.3 (142)

31.5 (84)

37.8 (17)

39.7 (81)

34.5 (38)

31.2 (127)

  Surgery + radiotherapy

15.0 (62)

15.7 (42)

17.8 (8)

16.7 34)

13.6 (15)

14.0 (57)

  Surgery + radiotherapy + chemotherapy

28.3 (117)

30.7 (82)

31.1 (14)

25.0 (51)

26.4 (29)

34.2 (139)

 Comorbidities, % (n)

  No comorbidities

39.9 (41)

49.4 (132)

51.1 (23)

25.5 (52)

50.0 (55)

33.2 (135)

 Time since diagnosis, median (IQR) months

33.0 (15.1–48.6)

30.4 (17.6–40.0)

39.0 (15.0–79.0)

33.5 (10.0–75.8)

32.5 (23.2–39.2)

32.0 (14.6–68.0)

 Fatigue, mean (SD) z-score

−0.1 (1.0)

−0.1 (1.0)

−0.3 (0.9)

0.3 (1.1)

−0.1 (0.9)

0.1 (1.0)

  1. BMI body mass index, kg kilogram, m meter, min minute, n number of participants, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range