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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Jul 17;24(9):10.1007/s10552-013-0252-7. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0252-7

Table 5.

Associations of exercise after diagnosis with MetS at 60-months post-diagnosis (NCEP-ATPIII criteria) among breast cancer survivors, stratified by waist circumference at baseline, BMI at baseline, menopausal status, Tamoxifen use, and radiotherapy, SBCSS, 2002–2006 (N=1614)a

No exercise
Duration of exercise, per week, h<3.5
Duration of exercise, per week, h≥3.5
P for trend P for interactionb
N. MetS/non-MetS OR N. MetS/non-MetS OR (95% CI)b N. MetS/non-MetS OR (95% CI)b
Stratified by waist circumference at baseline
 WC<88cm 42/122 1.00 138/392 1.00(0.66–1.51) 142/488 0.72(0.48–1.09) 0.03
 WC≥88cm 30/15 1.00 83/43 0.96(0.45–2.08) 75/46 0.75(0.35–1.62) 0.37 0.83
Stratified by BMI at baseline
 BMI<25 kg/m2 34/108 1.00 107/344 0.98(0.63–1.54) 89/410 0.63(0.40–0.99) 0.01
 BMI≥25 kg/m2 38/29 1.00 114/91 1.02(0.57–1.84) 128/124 0.77(0.44–1.36) 0.18 0.60
Stratified by menopausal status at baseline
 Premenopausal 42/99 1.00 116/287 1.09(0.68–1.72) 98/302 0.69(0.43–1.10) 0.03
 Postmenopausal 30/38 1.00 105/148 0.84(0.47–1.50) 119/232 0.62(0.35–1.09) 0.04 0.85
Stratified by Tamoxifen use
 Tamoxifen use 47/71 1.00 108/242 0.75(0.47–1.20) 119/299 0.57(0.36–0.91) 0.01
 No Tamoxifen use 25/66 1.00 113/193 1.44(0.83–2.53) 98/235 0.90(0.51–1.57) 0.15 0.59
Stratified by radiotherapy
 Radiotherapy 26/42 1.00 64/132 0.84(0.44–1.59) 68/163 0.60(0.32–1.13) 0.07
 No radiotherapy 46/95 1.00 157/303 1.07(0.69–1.65) 149/371 0.74(0.48–1.15) 0.04 0.76
Stratified by chemotherapy
 Chemotherapy 68/130 1.00 203/407 0.95(0.66–1.38) 206/504 0.67(0.47–0.97) 0.01
 No chmotherapy 7/4 1.00 28/18 1.66(0.59–4.68) 30/11 0.91(0.43–1.93) 0.52 -c
a

Those cases with diabetes before diagnosis at baseline survey were excluded.

b

ORs from logistic regression models and adjusted for age at diagnosis, education, BMI at baseline, menopausal status at baseline, history of chronic disease (Charlson comorbidity score 0/≥1), TNM stage, and P-interaction across subgroups by the stratified factors.

c

Number of breast cancer patients without chemotherapy was very small (n=98).