Table 3.

Change in Group Anthropometric Measures From Immediately After Eight-Week Walking Intervention to Three-Month Follow-up Among African American Breast Cancer Survivors (n=17)

	Immediate Post-Intervention	Change	P a
Steps/day	8223	+22	.97
Body mass index (kg/m2)	31.5	+0.14	.32
Weight (lbs)	182.2	+0.62	.47
Body fat (%)	36.1	+2.1	.06
Waist circumference (cm)	95.2	−0.35	.70
Hip circumference (cm)	115.8	−1.9	.04
Forearm  circumference (cm)	33.3	−0.91	.04
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	129.9	−1.1	.74
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	74.1	−4.2	.02
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.82	+0.01	.24
Exercise attitude totalb	68.6	−4.45	<.001
Cancer anxiety totalc	6.4	−0.06	.88

^aPaired t test for difference in group means.

^bAttitudes toward exercise were measured using the Exercise Decisional Balance instrument (17).

^cCancer anxiety was measured using the Cancer Anxiety Scale (18).