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Table 4 Demographic and clinical correlates of sedentary time and MVPA and sedentary and MVPA bouts

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

 

Confoundersa

Sedentary time, minutes (95% CI)

Sedentary bouts, minutes (95% CI)

MVPA, minutes (95% CI)

MVPA bouts, minutes (95% CI)

Age (years)

  < 45

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 45 to < 55

 

4.8 (−9.8;19.4)

12.4 (−6.3;31.1)

−2.6 (−6.1;1.0)

0.1 (−1.79;1.56)

 55 to < 65

 

16.7 (2.8;30.6)*

30.7 (12.9;48.6)*

−7.2 (−10.6;−3.8)*

−0.8 (−2.4;0.8)

 65 to < 75

 

33.6 (18.5;48.7)*

62.5 (43.2;81.8)*

−10.8 (−14.5;−7.2)*

−1.7 (−3.4;0.0)

 75 ≥

 

63.5 (44.8;82.3)*

84.1 (60.2;108.1)*

−21.2 (−25.7;−16.6)*

−3.7 (−5.8;−1.5)*

Sex

    

 Males

 

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 Females

 

−25.1 (−36.4;−13.8)*

−45.0 (−59.4;−30.6)*

−3.5 (−6.3;−0.8)*

0.1 (−1.2;1.3)

Marital status

Age

    

 Not married

 

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 Married

 

−6.3 (−15.7;3.1)

−4.4 (−16.4;7.7)

2.1 (−0.2;4.4)

1.1 (0.0;2.1)

Education level

Age, sex

    

 Low

 

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 Middle

 

9.5 (−3.1;22.1)

4.6 (−11.4;20.7)

−1.5 (−4.5;1.5)

0.1 (−1.3;1.5)

 High

 

10.7 (−2.8;24.3)

7.8 (−9.4;25.1)

2.5 (−0.8;5.8)

3.2 (1.7;4.7)*

Employment status

Age, sex, marital status, education level, diagnosis, treatment type, comorbidity, fatigue, time since diagnosis

    

 Unemployed

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 Employed

0.5 (−12.4;13.4)

−5.9 (−22.1;10.2)

0.2 (−2.9;3.4)

−0.3 (−1.8;1.2)

 Retired

4.4 (−10.2;19.0)

11.4 (−6.9;29.7)

2.1 (−1.4;5.7)

1.2 (−0.5;2.8)

Weight status

Age, sex, marital status, education level, smoking status, diagnosis, treatment type, time since diagnosis

    

 Underweight

0.2 (−26.7;27.1)

−16.0 (−50.4;18.5)

−1.7 (−8.2;4.7)

−0.4 (−3.5;2.7)

 Normal weight

reference

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 Overweight

8.8 (0.0;17.7)

13.3 (2.0;24.6)*

−3.0 (−5.1;−0.9)*

−1.7 (−2.7;−0.6)*

 Obese

17.9 (7.4;28.4)*

24.1 (10.7;37.6)*

−7.4 (−9.9;−4.9)*

−3.3 (−4.5;−2.1)*

Smoking status

Age, sex, education level

    

 Non-smoker

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 Smoker

26.8 (11.1;42.5)*

12.8 (−7.3;32.8)

−9.4 (−13.1;−5.6)*

−2.7 (−4.5;−0.9)*

Diagnosis

Age, sex, smoking status

    

 Breast

 

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reference

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 Gastrointestinal

 

8.0 (−15.6;31.7)

7.3 (−22.6;37.2)

−3.6 (−9.2;2.0)

−1.2 (−3.1;0.6)

 Haematological

 

20.3 (−11.4;52.1)

24.7 (−14.5;64.0)

−6.0 (−13.2;1.1)

−2.2 (−4.0;−0.4)

 Testicular

 

16.4 (−49.2;82.1)

−25.0 (−108.8;58.9)

−1.2 (−17.1;14.6)

−3.0 (−10.6;4.6)

 Lung

 

36.8 (−63.7;137.3)

5.8 (−102.7;114.2)

−8.4 (−26.2;9.5)

−2.2 (−4.6;0.1)

 Gynaecological

 

−1.9 (−42.9;39.1)

−10.7 (−63.1;41.7)

0.1 (−9.8;9.9)

−3.6 (−8.2;1.1)

Treatment

Age, diagnosis

    

 No treatment/only surgery

 

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 Surgery + chemotherapy

 

4.8 (−8.1;17.8)

13.4 (−3.1;30.0)

0.2 (−2.9;3.4)

0.7 (−0.7;2.1)

 Surgery + radiotherapy

 

4.4 (−9.7;18.6)

14.1 (−4.0;32.3)

0.9 (−2.6;4.3)

1.4 (−0.2;3.1)

 Surgery + radiotherapy + chemotherapy

 

12.5 (−0.8;25.8)

22.2 (5.2;39.2)*

−0.8 (−4.0;2.4)

−0.3 (−1.7;1.2)

Comorbidity

Age, weight status, smoking status, treatment type

    

 No comorbidity

reference

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 One or more comorbidities

8.5 (−0.2;17.3)

10.7 (−0.5;22.0)

−2.1 (−4.1;0.0)

−1.3 (−2.3;−0.3)*

Time since diagnosis (months)

    

  < 12

 

reference

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 12 to < 36

 

−6.9 (−32.0;18.2)

−6.3 (−37.8;25.2)

2.25 (−3.6;8.1)

0.5 (−1.6;2.7)

 36 to < 120

 

−6.0 (−31.2;19.2)

−4.3 (−35.9;27.3)

1.8 (−4.1;7.7)

0.5 (−1.6;2.7)

 120 ≥

 

−5.0 (−33.4;23.5)

−1.9 (−37.8;33.9)

2.2 (−4.5;8.9)

0.8 (−1.8;3.3)

Fatigue

Age, weight status, smoking status, diagnosis, treatment type, comorbidity, time since diagnosis

    

  < 0.5 SD

−7.6 (−16.9;1.7)

−4.4 (−16.4;7.5)

2.8 (0.6;5.0)*

1.6 (0.5;2.7)*

 Mean fatigue

reference

reference

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  > 0.5 SD

7.6 (−2.4;17.7)

14.0 (1.0;27.0)*

−2.0 (−4.4;0.4)

−0.6 (−1.8;0.6)

  1. CI confidence interval, ref reference, SD standard deviation, * p < 0.05
  2. a based on the DAG in Additional file 1: Figure S1