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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 Jun 9;120(14):2174–2182. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28630

Table 2.

Physical activity levels pre- and post-diagnosisa and change in physical activity, overall and by raceb

Total CBCS Populationc

Pre-diagnosis Post-diagnosis Change between pre- and post-diagnosis
N Mean (95% CI) N Mean (95% CI) N Mean (95% CI)
Total minutes 1,728 473.9 (434.0, 513.7) 1,731 245.0 (214.9, 275.2) 1,726 −230.3 (−270.4, −190.1)
Total METsd 1,728 31.6 (28.9, 34.2) 1,731 16.3 (14.3, 18.3) 1,726 −15.4 (−18.0, −12.7)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Sedentaryf 299 16.4 786 42.2 Increasede 284 17.5
Insufficiently activef 403 22.9 415 23.2 Decreasede 1,045 59.1
Sufficiently activef 1,025 60.6 530 34.6 No changee 397 23.4
White
Pre-diagnosis Post-diagnosis Change between pre- and post-diagnosis
N Mean (95% CI) N Mean (95% CI) N Mean (95% CI)
Total minutes 856 491.0 (446.5, 535.6) 859 263.8 (235.7, 291.8) 856 −229.1 (−271.7, −186.5)
Total METs 856 32.7 (29.8, 35.7) 859 17.6 (15.7, 19.5) 856 −15.3 (−18.1, −12.4)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Sedentary 133 15.2 327 39.2 Increased 157 18.1
Insufficiently active 186 22.6 209 23.2 Decreased 518 59.1
Sufficiently active 536 62.1 323 37.6 No change 181 22.8
African-American
Pre-diagnosis Post-diagnosis Change between pre- and post-diagnosis
N Mean (95% CI) N Mean (95% CI) N Mean (95% CI)
Total minutes 826 420.1 (374.8, 465.4) 827 144.7 (116.2, 173.3) 825 −275.0 (−318.4, −231.6)
Total METs 826 28.0 (25.0, 31.0) 827 9.6 (7.7, 11.6) 825 −18.3 (−21.2, −15.4)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Sedentary 154 19.2 437 52.7 Increased 121 15.1
Insufficiently active 208 25.1 195 23.3 Decreased 503 60.3
Sufficiently active 464 55.7 195 24.0 No change 201 24.6
a

Post-diagnosis physical activity was reported, on average, 6 months after diagnosis

b

All analyses in Table 2 are weighted or adjusted to take into account sampling

c

Total includes all races

d

To calculate total METs, MET values of 4.0 and 8.0 were assigned to moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity, were multiplied by reported number of hours per week for each activity type and then were summed

e

To evaluate change between pre- and post-diagnosis activity, the categorical variable was defined as follows: Increased: increased activity by ≥ 30 minutes compared to pre-diagnosis amount; Decreased: decreased activity by ≥ 30 minutes; No change: reported activity levels at post-diagnosis were within 30 minutes of pre-diagnosis levels

f

Sedentary = No activity reported; Insufficiently active >0 minutes but < 150 minutes of activity per week; Sufficiently active ≥ 150 minutes of activity per week