Table 5 Demographic and clinical correlates of the highly sedentary and highly active profile

Age

–

  < 45 years

reference

reference

 45- < 55 years

0.0 (−0.1;0.1)

0.0 (−0.01;0.1)

 55- < 65 years

0.0 (−0.02;0.1)

0.0 (−0.03;0.03)

 65- < 75 years

0.1 (0.02;0.1)*

−0.002 (−0.04;0.03)

 75 ≥ years

0.1 (0.1;0.2)*

−0.03 (−0.1;0.01)

Sex

–

 Males

reference

reference

 Females

−0.1 (−0.1;−0.02)*

0.0 (−0.01;0.03)

Marital status

Age

 Not married

reference

reference

 Married

−0.1 (−0.1;−0.02)*

0.0 (−0.01;0.03)

Education level

Age, sex

 Low

reference

reference

 Middle

0.01 (−0.05;0.06)

−0.01 (−0.02;0.04)

 High

−0.01 (−0.06;0.05)

0.1 (0.02;0.08)*

Employment

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

 Unemployed

reference

reference

 Employed

−0.03 (−0.08;0.03)

0.02 (−0.01;0.05)

 Retired

0.03 (−0.03;0.09)

0.03 (−0.01;0.06)

BMI

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

 Underweight

0.06 (−0.05;0.2)

−0.04 (−0.1;0.02)

 Normal weight

reference

reference

 Overweight

0.0 (−0.03;0.04)

−0.02 (−0.04;−0.003)*

 Obese

0.04 (0.003;0.09)*

−0.04 (−0.07;−0.01)*

Smoking

Age, education, sex

 Non-smoker

reference

reference

 Smoker

0.17 (0.1;0.2)*

−0.03 (−0.06;0.01)

Diagnosis

Age, sex, smoking

 Breast

reference

reference

 Gastrointestinal

−0.04 (−0.1;0.1)

−0.01 (−0.04;0.02)

 Haematological

0.08 (−0.04;0.2)

−0.03 (−0.06;−0.002)*

 Testicular

−0.07 (−0.2;0.3)

−0.1 (−0.2;0.1)

 Lung

0.2 (−0.1;0.4)

−0.02 (−0.05;0.02)

 Gynaecological

−0.1 (−0.3;0.1)

−0.04 (−0.1;0.1)

Treatment

Age, diagnosis

 No treatment/only surgery

reference

reference

 Surgery + chemotherapy

0.02 (−0.03;0.1)

0.01 (−0.02;0.04)

 Surgery + radiotherapy

0.03 (−0.03;0.1)

0.01 (−0.02;0.04)

 Surgery + radiotherapy + chemotherapy

−0.02 (−0.04;0.08)

0.00 (− 0.03;0.03)

Comorbidity

Age, BMI, smoking, treatment

 No comorbidities

reference

reference

 One or more comorbidities

0.01 (−0.02;0.05)

0.00 (−0.02;0.02)

Time since diagnosis

–

  < 12 months

reference

reference

 12- < 36 months

−0.1 (−0.2;−0.02)*

−0.02 (−0.04;0.01)

 36- < 120 months

−0.1 (−0.2;−0.02)*

0.00 (−0.03;0.02)

 120 ≥ months

−0.1 (−0.2;0.01)

0.01 (−0.03;0.05)

Fatigue

Age, BMI, diagnosis, comorbidity, smoking, time since diagnosis, treatment

  < 0.5 SD

−0.01 (−0.05;0.03)

0.02 (−0.003;0.04)

 Mean fatigue

reference

reference

  > 0.5 SD

0.04 (−0.01;0.08)

0.0 (−0.02;0.03)