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Table 1 Baseline Participant Characteristics

From: Feasibility of high intensity interval training in patients with breast Cancer undergoing anthracycline chemotherapy: a randomized pilot trial

 

All (N = 30)

HIIT group (N = 15)

CON Group (N = 15)

Age, years, mean (SD)

46.9 (9.8)

49.1 (7.9)

44.7 (11.2)

Menopausal status

 Premenopausal

11 (37)

5 (33)

6 (40)

 Postmenopausal

19 (63)

10 (67)

9 (60)

Body Weight, kg, mean (SD)

77.7 (18.3)

80.9 (17.7)

74.5 (18.8)

Height, cm, mean (SD)

158.4 (8.2)

156.5 (6.6)

160.3 (9.9)

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

31.6 (7.7)

33.1 (7.6)

30.1 (7.7)

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic white

4 (13)

3 (20)

1 (6)

 Hispanic white

22 (73)

11 (74)

11 (74)

 African American

2 (7)

0 (0)

2 (14)

 Asian/Pacific Islander

2 (7)

1 (6)

1 (6)

Disease stage

 I

2 (7)

1 (6)

1 (6)

 II

9 (30)

5 (30)

4 (24)

 III

19 (63)

9 (64)

10 (70)

Chemotherapy

 Neoadjuvant

23 (77)

11 (73)

12 (80)

 Adjuvant

7 (23)

4 (27)

3 (20)

International physical activity questionnaire (MET min per week of moderate to vigorous intensity recreational activity), mean (SD)

462.5 (101.2)

480.9 (85.3)

441.9 (93.2)

  1. Note. Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated. No significant baseline differences between groups were observed (p > 0.05) by independent sample t tests for continuous variables and Pearson X2 and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, HIIT high intensity interval training, DEL delayed, MET metabolic equivalents, SD standard deviation