Table 3.
Physical activity and body composition in all patients/chemotherapy (CHT)/no chemotherapy (NCHT) at two different time points (baseline visit/end of trial) and difference between baseline visit and end of the study (Δ).
| Median first visit | Range first visit |
Median deviation after one year | First versus last visit* |
CHT versus NCHT Δfinal-first visit* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MET-min/week | |||||
| All (n=90) | 16845 | 11860 – 23443 | +995 | p < 0.001 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
16804 16973 |
11860 – 22037 13564 – 23443 |
+1209 +709 |
p < 0.001 p = 0.07 |
p = 0.396 |
| Resting heart rate [1/min] | |||||
| All (n=90) | 77 | 58 - 138 | -5 | p < 0.001 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
78 74 |
58 – 138 62 - 114 |
-5 -5 |
p < 0.001 p = 0.037 |
p = 0.625 |
| Bodyweight [kg] | |||||
| All (n=90) | 69.4 | 45.6 – 107.4 | -0.4 | p = 0.259 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
70.2 69.3 |
51.0 – 107.4 45.6 – 92.8 |
-0.9 +0.6 |
p = 0.145 p = 0.850 |
p = 0.650 |
| Visceral fat [absolute] | |||||
| All (n=90) | 7 | 2 - 14 | 0 | p = 0.509 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
7 7 |
2 – 14 2 – 13 |
0 0 |
p = 0.943 p = 0.325 |
p = 0.281 |
| Body fat [%] | |||||
| All (n=90) | 34.8 | 16.9 – 48.5 | +0.1 | p = 0.936 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
34.9 33.4 |
16.9 – 48.5 16.9 – 44.4 |
-0.7 +0.6 |
p = 0.247 p = 0.165 |
p = 0.800 |
| Muscle mass [kg] | |||||
| All (n=90) | 43.6 | 34.4 – 55.8 | -0.2 | p = 0.180 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
44.4 42.3 |
34.4 – 55.8 35.2 – 51.2 |
-0.1 -0.6 |
p = 0.479 p = 0.216 |
p = 0.628 |
| BMI [kg/m²] | |||||
| All (n=90) | 26 | 19 – 39 | 0 | p = 0.250 | |
| CHT (n=53) NCHT (n=37) |
26 26 |
19 – 39 19 – 35 |
0 0 |
p = 0.148 p = 0.898 |
p = 0.256 |
MET, Metabolic equivalents of task. BMI, body mass index. *2-sided Mann Whitney-U test.