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. 2023 Sep 25;15(19):4719. doi: 10.3390/cancers15194719

Table 3.

Intervention effect on body weight stratified by baseline demographic and clinical characteristics.

6-Month Change N Weight (kg)
Intervention Waitlist Group Intervention
LSmean (SE) a
Waitlist Group
LSmean (SE) a
Effect Size
(95% CI)
p Pinteraction
BMI (kg/m2) 0.18
  ≥30 67 61 −2.1 (0.61) −0.48 (0.51) −1.7 (−3.2, −0.10) 0.04
  <30 35 42 0.14 (0.71) 0.18 (0.59) −0.04 (−1.8, 1.8) 0.97
Age, years (median) 0.42
  ≥57 53 56 −2.3 (0.55) −0.68 (0.49) −1.7 (−3.1, −0.23) 0.02
  <57 49 47 −0.27 (0.67) 0.47 (0.57) −0.74 (−2.5, 0.99) 0.40
Clinical Stage 0.31
  0/I 56 56 −2.6 (0.60) −0.50 (0.49) −2.1 (−3.6, −0.52) 0.01
  II/III 39 44 −1.0 (0.71) −0.18 (0.60) −0.84 (−2.7, 0.98) 0.37
Education 0.47
  College or above 85 86 −1.6 (0.50) −0.46 (0.41) −1.2 (−2.4, 0.12) 0.07
  Below college 17 16 −1.4 (0.91) 0.82 (1.01) −2.2 (−4.9, 0.42) 0.10
Employed 0.19
  Employed 64 70 −0.79 (0.57) −0.15 (0.46) −0.64 (−2.1, 0.81) 0.38
  Not Employed 36 31 −2.4 (0.70) −0.20 (0.66) −2.2 (−4.1, −0.32) 0.02
Marriage 0.83
  Married/Living with someone 69 71 −1.7 (0.54) −0.26 (0.45) −1.4 (−2.8, −0.01) 0.05
  Live Alone 33 31 −1.4 (0.76) −0.23 (0.72) −1.1 (−3.2, 0.94) 0.28
Menopausal Status 0.03
  Postmenopausal 86 91 −1.7 (0.46) −0.58 (0.38) −1.1 (−2.3, 0.06) 0.06
  Premenopausal 15 11 −1.1 (1.1) 4.1 (1.4) −5.1 (−8.6, −1.7) 0.003
Chemotherapy 0.45
  Yes 54 53 −1.0 (0.60) −0.01 (0.51) −1.0 (−2.6, 0.52) 0.19
  No 46 48 −2.4 (0.62) −0.49 (0.55) −1.9 (−3.5, −0.28) 0.02
Radiation 0.72
  Yes 74 77 −1.8 (0.50) −0.24 (0.43) −1.6 (−2.9, −0.30) 0.02
  No 26 24 −1.2 (0.91) −0.10 (0.82) −1.1 (−3.5, 1.3) 0.37
Time Since Diagnosis, years (median) 0.80
  ≥2.75 54 47 −2.0 (0.55) −0.74 (0.56) −1.3 (−2.8, 0.27) 0.11
  <2.75 48 56 −0.80 (0.70) 0.18 (0.50) −0.98 (−2.7, 0.71) 0.25
Baseline FACT-B (median) 0.18
  ≥109 51 53 −2.5 (0.59) −0.46 (0.51) −2.0 (−3.5, 0.49) 0.01
  <109 51 50 −0.52 (0.64) −0.03 (0.54) −0.49 (−2.1, 1.2) 0.56

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FACT-B, functional assessment of cancer therapy breast cancer. Table values are estimated using mixed effect model. a Least square means (95% CI).