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. 2023 Aug 11;13:1198157. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1198157

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.