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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Feb 3;18(2):664–672. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0589

Table 5.

Longitudinal Patterns of Lung Cancer Survivors’ Physical Activity Across the Six Months Prior to Diagnosis, the Six Months After Completing Treatment, and at the Current Time

Physical Activity Pattern Pre-Diagnosis Post-Treatment Current %
Maintainers Active Active Active 8.7
Adopters Inactive Inactive Active 8.1
Temporary relapsers Active Inactive Active 9.3
Permanent relapsers Active Inactive Inactive 8.1
Non-exercisers Inactive Inactive Inactive 62.2
Other 3.5

Note. Active = meet physical activity guidelines (i.e., engage in at least 150 minutes per week of at least moderate intensity activity or at least 60 minutes per week of vigorous intensity activity); Inactive = do not meet physical activity guidelines. N = 172.