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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer. 2024 Apr 2;31(3):519–528. doi: 10.1007/s12282-024-01569-3

Table 3.

Odds ratio (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (CIs) for treatment tolerance and treatment efficacy by meeting physical activity guidelines.

  Meeting guidelines of 7.5 MET-hrs/wk or more of exercise
No Yes
Total tumors (n=180)
*Chemotherapy completion (n=153)
  No. population 76 77
  No. cases (%) 59 (77.6) 56 (72.7)
  OR (95% CI)a 1.00 (reference) 0.91 (0.37, 2.26)
*Dose delay (n=140)
  No. population 71 69
  No. cases, n (%) 21 (29.6) 25 (36.2)
  OR (95% CI)a 1.00 (reference) 1.19 (0.50, 2.79)
pCR (ypT0 ypN0) (n=180)
  No. population 89 91
  No. cases, n (%) 19 (21.3) 26 (28.6)
  OR (95% CI)a 1.00 (reference) 1.29 (0.56, 2.97)
HR+ tumors (n=112)
No. population 58 54
pCR (ypT0 ypN0), n (%) 6 (10.3) 13 (24.1)
OR (95% CI)b 1.00 (reference) 2.46 (0.73, 8.24)
HR- tumors (n=67)
No. population 30 37
pCR (ypT0 ypN0), n (%) 13 (43.3) 13 (35.1)
OR (95% CI)b 1.00 (reference) 0.65 (0.19, 2.17)
HER2+ tumors (n=59)
No. population 31 28
pCR (ypT0 ypN0), n (%) 10 (32.3) 9 (32.1)
OR (95% CI)b 1.00 (reference) 0.60 (0.11, 3.17)
HER2- tumors (n=114)
No. population 53 61
pCR (ypT0 ypN0), n (%) 8 (15.1) 16 (26.2)
OR (95% CI)b 1.00 (reference) 1.93 (0.68, 5.52)

MET=metabolic equivalent task, OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval, pCR=pathological complete response, HR=hormone receptor, HER2= human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

*

Missing: chemotherapy completion n=27 (15.0%), dose delay n=40 (22.2%)

a

Adjusted for age at diagnosis, BMI, race/ethnicity, alcohol intake, menopause status, hormone replacement therapy use, tumor stage, tumor receptor status, and receiving neoadjuvant biological therapy.

b

Adjusted for age at diagnosis, BMI, race/ethnicity, alcohol intake, menopause status, hormone replacement therapy use, and tumor stage.