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Table 1 Characteristics, body mass index, and weight for the Pulling Through Study clinical sample a

From: Weight and weight change following breast cancer: evidence from a prospective, population-based, breast cancer cohort study

Characteristics

N = 211

6-m PS

12-m PS

18-m PS

72-m PS

N = 211

N = 185

N = 191

N = 166

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

-

27.4 (6.1)

27.3 (5.6)

27.6 (5.8)

28.2 (6.0)

Weight (kg)

-

72.7 (17.2)

72.3 (15.9)

73.0 (16.1)

74.8 (17.2)

Self-reported weight (kg)

-

70.5 (16.5)

71.8 (16.6)

72.3 (16.8)

-

  

Clinically-assessed weight at

N = 211

6-m PS

12-m PS

18-m PS

72-m PS

%

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age (baseline) (age range: 30–75 years)

     

 <45

14.6

71.6 (21.5)

72.5 (17.5)

72.4 (17.4)

75.8 (17.9)

 45-54

37.0

71.9 (15.3)

71.5 (14.9)

71.7 (15.5)

72.2 (16.8)

 55+

48.4

73.6 (16.9)

72.6 (16.3)

73.8 (16.4)

75.9 (18.1)

Income, $ (baseline)

     

 <26,000

27.3

73.6 (17.7)

73.7 (17.1)

75.0 (17.7)

77.3 (18.4)

 26,000 – 51,999

27.2

74.2 (18.6)

74.3 (18.4)

73.9 (18.1)

76.1 (20.2)

 >52,000/Missing

45.5

71.2 (15.7)

70.0 (13.3)

71.0 (13.8)

71.8 (15.1)

Had health insurance (overtime)

     

 Yes

77.8

73.3 (17.4)

72.5 (15.9)

73.2 (16.4)

74.5 (17.6)

 Never/Missing

22.2

70.5 (15.9)

70.7 (16.2)

71.4 (15.2)

74.5 (17.8)

Physical activityb

     

 Sedentary

13.5

83.5 (19.6)

84.3 (16.8)

83.6 (18.4)

83.3 (19.0)

 Insufficient

24.5

73.5 (15.4)

72.1 (13.8)

73.0 (13.8)

73.1 (15.5)

 Sufficient

62.0

70.1 (16.3)

69.5 (15.4)

70.4 (15.6)

73.1 (17.6)

Treated on dominant side

     

 Yes

49.0

71.0 (15.2)

71.1 (14.4)

71.9 (14.1)

72.9 (15.5)

 No

51.0

74.3 (18.6)

73.2 (17.3)

73.8 (18.0)

76.1 (19.4)

Surgery

     

 Lumpectomy

75.0

73.6 (17.7)

73.0 (16.9)

73.9 (17.0)

76.5 (18.6)

 Mastectomy/Other

25.0

70.0 (14.7)

69.5 (11.7)

69.5 (12.4)

68.1 (11.9)

Histological grade

     

 Grade 1

26.0

70.7 (17.5)

70.8 (15.6)

71.9 (17.1)

73.2 (19.7)

 Grade 2/3/NA

74.0

73.4 (16.9)

72.7 (16.1)

73.2 (15.8)

75.0 (16.7)

Cancer type

     

 Infiltrating ductal

73.7

71.3 (16.3)

71.1 (15.3)

71.4 (15.4)

72.9 (17.4)

 Infiltrating lobular

13.8

76.1 (19.8)

72.2 (17.5)

75.2 (18.5)

77.4 (17.9)

 Other/Missing

12.5

76.8 (17.5)

77.9 (17.1)

78.5 (17.0)

81.0 (17.1)

Lymph nodes removed

     

 None

13.5

69.6 (15.6)

72.7 (16.3)

72.4 (15.7)

77.2 (18.5)

 <10

30.8

69.4 (16.6)

68.5 (15.4)

68.4 (15.3)

71.0 (17.7)

 10+

55.7

75.2 (17.3)

74.1 (15.8)

75.3 (16.3)

75.7 (17.3)

Number of positive lymph nodes

     

 0

58.6

73.2 (18.6)

71.6 (16.3)

72.3 (16.7)

73.9 (18.1)

 <10

24.7

73.2 (14.3)

73.8 (14.9)

74.3 (15.4)

75.0 (16.7)

 10+

2.7

75.9 (10.5)

72.2 (15.1)

74.1 (14.4)

67.5 (9.3)

 Missing/NA

14.0

68.9 (15.8)

71.6 (16.8)

72.4 (15.7)

77.2 (18.5)

Received chemotherapyc

     

 Ever

40.2

74.1 (17.2)

73.3 (14.8)

74.3 (15.2)

74.2 (16.2)

 Never

59.8

71.8 (17.1)

71.4 (16.7)

71.9 (16.8)

74.7 (18.5)

Received radiotherapyc

     

 Ever

75.7

74.2 (18.2)

73.6 (16.9)

74.2 (17.0)

75.8 (18.4)

 Never

24.3

68.0 (12.1)

67.4 (11.2)

68.4 (12.1)

70.3 (14.0)

Received hormone therapyc

     

 Ever

57.2

73.2 (17.1)

72.1 (15.0)

73.0 (15.5)

74.1 (16.2)

 Never

42.8

72.1 (17.2)

72.3 (17.1)

72.6 (17.1)

75.0 (19.2)

Self-report body mass indexd

     

 Under/Normal weight (<25)

46.9

61.6 (7.7)

61.9 (7.7)

62.2 (7.9)

62.5 (9.0)

 Overweight (25–29.99)

26.1

74.6 (9.8)

74.9 (10.6)

74.9 (10.5)

76.5 (12.4)

 Obese (30–39.99)

12.0

92.6 (9.7)

93.2 (9.9)

94.0 (9.2)

93.9 (11.1)

 Morbidly obese (40+)

3.1

118.9 (14.2)

117.8 (10.3)

110.8 (17.3)

122.8 (3.1)

 Missing

11.9

79.7 (19.3)

76.2 (12.1)

77.1 (15.4)

80.1 (18.8)

  1. aResults presented have been weighted (<50 years: 1.0; ≥50 years: 1.3) for oversampling of younger women. bLevel of physical activity defined as sedentary: 0 minutes/week; insufficient: 1–149 minutes/week; sufficient: ≥150 minutes/week. cReceived treatment anytime up to 18 months post-surgery. dSelf-reported weight pre-breast cancer diagnosis.