Table 1.
Demographic, lifestyle and clinical characteristics of colorectal cancer survivors at 6 weeks post-treatment
(Numbers and percentage)
| Total (n 396)* | Men (n 270)* | Women (n 126)* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Mean | 67·0 | 66·7 | 67·7 | |||
| sd | 9·1 | 8·7 | 9·8 | |||
| Education† | ||||||
| Low | 107 | 27·1 | 58 | 21·6 | 49 | 38·9 |
| Medium | 149 | 37·7 | 102 | 37·9 | 47 | 37·3 |
| High | 139 | 35·2 | 109 | 40·5 | 30 | 23·8 |
| Comorbidities‡ | ||||||
| 0 comorbidities | 91 | 23·0 | 71 | 26·3 | 20 | 16·0 |
| 1 comorbidity | 102 | 25·8 | 78 | 28·9 | 24 | 19·2 |
| ≥ 2 comorbidities | 202 | 51·1 | 121 | 44·8 | 81 | 64·8 |
| Tumour stage | ||||||
| Stage I | 124 | 31·3 | 84 | 31·1 | 40 | 31·8 |
| Stage II | 100 | 25·3 | 66 | 24·4 | 34 | 27·0 |
| Stage III | 172 | 43·4 | 120 | 44·4 | 52 | 41·3 |
| Cancer type | ||||||
| Colon | 250 | 63·1 | 162 | 60·0 | 88 | 69·8 |
| Rectosigmoid and rectum | 146 | 36·9 | 108 | 40·0 | 38 | 30·2 |
| Treatment | ||||||
| Chemotherapy (yes) | 155 | 39·1 | 105 | 38·9 | 50 | 39·7 |
| Radiotherapy (yes) | 101 | 25·5 | 75 | 27·8 | 26 | 20·6 |
| Stoma (yes)§ | 110 | 28·4 | 85 | 32·1 | 25 | 20·3 |
| Lifestyle | ||||||
| Smoking|| | ||||||
| Never | 118 | 30·5 | 61 | 23·1 | 57 | 46·3 |
| Former | 235 | 60·7 | 177 | 67·1 | 58 | 47·2 |
| Current | 34 | 8·8 | 26 | 9·9 | 8 | 6·5 |
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| BMI, kg/m2 ‡ | 27·8 | 4·6 | 27·8 | 4·3 | 27·8 | 5·1 |
| Underweight: < 18·5 | 2 | 0·5 | 0 | 0·0 | 2 | 1·6 |
| Healthy weight: 18·5–24·9 | 117 | 29·6 | 82 | 30·4 | 35 | 28·0 |
| Overweight: 25–29·9 | 173 | 43·8 | 117 | 43·3 | 56 | 44·8 |
| Obese: ≥ 30 | 103 | 26·1 | 71 | 26·3 | 32 | 25·6 |
| Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, min/week¶ | ||||||
| Median | 420 | 550 | 300 | |||
| IQR | 645 | 750 | 340 | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Adherence to physical activity recommendation (yes)¶ | 320 | 82·0 | 232 | 86·9 | 88 | 71·5 |
| Prolonged sedentary time. h/week** | ||||||
| Mean | 5·3 | 5·2 | 5·5 | |||
| sd | 2·7 | 2·6 | 2·8 | |||
| Dietary intake†† | ||||||
| Ultra-processed foods (EN%) | 35·5 | 10·6 | 34·9 | 10·4 | 36·6 | 11·1 |
| Energy density (kcal/100 g) | 172·6 | 28·1 | 176·4 | 27·8 | 164·6 | 27·3 |
| Sugar-sweetened drinks (g/d) | 133·6 | 158·1 | 143·0 | 162·2 | 113·6 | 147·7 |
| Alcohol intake (g/d) | 13·1 | 19·1 | 16·7 | 21·6 | 5·5 | 8·3 |
| Red meat intake (g/w) | 592·4 | 294·6 | 648·2 | 302·8 | 473·6 | 236·8 |
| Processed meat intake (g/w) | 325·2 | 209·7 | 365·5 | 221·8 | 239·5 | 149·0 |
d, day; EN%, energy percentage; g, grams; h, hours; min, minutes; sd, standard deviation; w, week; IQR, interquartile range.
*
Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
†
Data missing for one participants (male).
‡
Data missing for one participant (female).
§
Data missing for eight participants (five males and three females).
||
Data missing for nine participants (six males and three females).
¶
Data missing for six participants (3 males and three females).
**
Sedentary behaviour available for 325 participants (220 males and 105 females).
††
Dietary intake available for 383 participants (261 males and 122 females).