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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2009;32(2):107–117. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181982d4c

Table 4.

Physical activity habits before and after diagnosis among prostate cancer survivors (n=30)

Whites
(n=20)
African
Americans
(n=10)
All
participants
(n=30)
N (%)
Engaged in regular physical activity (2 or more times per week) before diagnosis 15 (75%) 5 (50%) 20 (67%)
Engaged in regular physical activity before diagnosis and continued to exercise after diagnosis 12 (80%) 3 (60%) 15 (75%)
Did not engage in regular physical activity before diagnosis 5 (25%) 5 (50%) 10 (33%)
Did not engage in regular physical activity before diagnosis but started to exercise after diagnosis 1 (20%) 2 (40%) 3 (30%)
Total number of men who were engaging in regular physical activity at the time of the interview 13 (65%) 5 (50%) 18 (60%)