. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 10.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 Sep;36(9):1484–1491.

Table 3.

Proportion of breast cancer survivors meeting the Surgeon General’s physical activity recommendation¹ by BMI and age (N = 806)

	All N = 806	BMI < 25.0 N = 307	BMI: 25.0 – 29.9 N = 258	BMI ≥ 30.0 N = 241	P for Trend
Moderate- to vigorous-intensity sports/recreational PA	32%	44%	33%^*	19%^*^Φ	.0001
All types of moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA	73%	80%	73%^*	66%^*	.0001

		< 50 years N = 265	50–59 years N = 294	≥ 60 + years N = 247	P for Trend

Moderate- to vigorous-intensity sports/recreational PA		34%	32%	34%	.99
All types of moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA		75%	73%	73%	.63

		In Situ N = 184	Stage I N = 430	Stage II & IIIA N = 192	P for Trend

All types of moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA		71%	74%	74%	.47
Moderate- to vigorous-intensity sports/recreational PA		29%	37%	29%	.94

		Black N = 259	Non-Hispanic White N = 456	Hispanic N = 93

All types of moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA		63%	77%^*	85%^*
Moderate- to vigorous-intensity sports/recreational PA		23%	36%^*	45%^*

Surgeon General’s physical activity recommendation = 30 mins, 5 days per week or 150 mins/week of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (i.e., ≥ 3 METs)

significantly different from BMI < 25.0 or Black women (p < .05)

^Φ

significantly different from BMI: 25.0 – 29.9 or non-Hispanic women (p < .05).