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Table 1 Colorectal cancer participant characteristics

From: Physical activity and long-term fatigue among colorectal cancer survivors – a population-based prospective study

 

Total sample

 

Total sample

 

N (Col. %)

 

N (Col. %)

Overall

1781

Overall

1781

Age

 

Pre-diagnosis PAa (MET-h/wk)

 30–59 years

431 (24.2)

 Q1 (< 74.7)

440 (25.0)

 60–69 years

655 (36.8)

 Q2 (74.7- < 118.3)

438 (24.9)

 70–79 years

560 (31.4)

 Q3 (118.3- < 183.0)

439 (24.9)

 80+ years

135 (7.6)

 Q4 (≥183.0)

443 (25.2)

 Mean (SD)

66.1 (9.9)

 Mean (SD)

143.5 (107.1)

Sex

 

Post-diagnosis PAb (MET-h/wk)

 Female

706 (39.6)

 Q1 (< 11.6)

447 (25.5)

 Male

1075 (60.4)

 Q2 (11.6- < 34.1)

428 (24.4)

Marital statusc

 

 Q3 (34.1- < 79.0)

441 (25.1)

 Unmarried

89 (5.0)

 Q4 (≥79.0)

438 (25.0)

 Married

1338 (75.1)

 Mean (SD)

54.9 (60.4)

 Divorced

106 (6.0)

Cancer sitec

 

 Widowed

245 (13.8)

 Proximal colon

524 (29.4)

Residential area

 

 Distal colon

510 (28.6)

 Village (< 10,000)

635 (35.7)

 Rectum

742 (41.7)

 Small town

611 (34.3)

Cancer stagec

 

 City (> 100,000)

535 (30.0)

 I

511 (28.7)

Educationc

 

 II

616 (34.6)

 ≤ 9 years

1153 (64.7)

 III

591 (33.2)

 10–11 years

312 (17.5)

 IV

56 (3.1)

 ≥ 12 years

313 (17.6)

Detection of cancer

 

BMI (kg/m2)c

 

 Symptoms

1165 (65.4)

 < 25

651 (36.6)

 Screening

517 (29.0)

 25- < 30

781 (43.9)

 Other

99 (5.6)

 ≥ 30

347 (19.5)

Radiotherapyc

 

Smokingc

 

 Yes

353 (19.8)

 Never

763 (43.0)

 No

1427 (80.1)

 Former (> 1 year)

760 (42.8)

Chemotherapyc

 

 Current

253 (14.3)

 Yes

751 (42.2)

Alcohol (grams/day)d

 

 No

1029 (57.8)

 None

456 (25.6)

Stomae at 5YFU

 

 0.9–6.1

360 (20.2)

 Yes

405 (22.7)

 > 6.1–14.4

292 (16.4)

 No

1327 (74.5)

 > 14.4–30.7

330 (18.5)

Recurrencec at 5YFU

 

 > 30.7

319 (17.9)

 Yes

162 (9.1)

Comorbiditiesc,g

 

 No

1617 (90.8)

 < 2

945 (53.1)

  

 ≥2

835 (46.9)

  
  1. alast age decade before diagnosis; bat 5-year follow-up; c1–10 missings; d11–27 missings; e47 missings; flinear model age-adjusted; gincluding heart attack, heart failure, stroke, diabetes, depression, other cancers, hypotension, circulatory disturbances heart, circulatory disturbances brain, circulatory disturbances legs, gout, arthritis, rheumatism, arthrosis, morbus crohn, colitis ulcerosa; Abbreviations: Col. column, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, PA Physical activity, MET-h/wk Metabolic equivalent hours per week, 5YFU 5-year follow-up; apart from post-diagnosis PA, stoma, and recurrence all presented variables only include baseline information