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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Feb;46(2):211–218. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182a65c73

Table 2. Poor reported and Measured Physical Function Scores.

N=1778 N SF-36: PF
(<=37)
PPT
(<= 17)
6MW
(<= 300)
% P-value** N % P-value** N % P-value**
Sex
Male 875 113 12.9 Ref 24 2.7 Ref 52 5.9 Ref
Female 903 138 15.3 0.15 25 2.8 0.97 59 6.5 0.61
Diagnosis
Leukemia1 805 90 11.2 Ref 15 1.9 Ref 37 4.6 Ref
Lymphoma 321 58 18.1 0.002 4 1.3 0.47 20 6.2 0.26
Bone Cancers 2 128 24 18.8 0.02 3 2.3 0.73 20 15.6 <0.001
CNS tumorˆ 141 31 22.0 <0.001 18 12.8 <0.001 13 9.2 0.02
Other3 383 48 12.5 0.50 9 2.4 0.58 21 5.5 0.51
Age at Diagnosis (Years)
0-4 696 87 12.5 Ref 26 3.7 Ref 44 6.3 Ref
5-9 434 53 12.2 0.89 12 2.8 0.38 21 4.8 0.30
10-14 380 63 16.6 0.06 6 1.6 0.05 27 7.1 0.62
≥15 268 48 17.9 0.03 5 1.9 0.14 19 7.1 0.67
Age at Study (Years)
18-29 660 64 9.7 Ref 22 3.3 Ref 33 5.0 Ref
30-39 726 100 13.8 0.02 14 1.9 0.10 46 6.3 0.28
40-49 334 67 20.1 <0.001 10 3.0 0.77 24 7.2 0.16
50-60 58 20 34.5 <0.001 3 5.2 0.46 8 13.8 0.01
Years Since Diagnosis (Years)
10-19 466 44 9.4 Ref 10 2.2 Ref 19 4.1 Ref
20-29 813 110 13.5 0.03 22 2.7 0.54 51 6.3 0.10
30-39 437 77 17.6 0.001 10 2.3 0.88 33 7.6 0.03
40-48 62 20 32.3 <0.001 7 11.3 0.002 8 12.9 0.01
BMI* (kg/m2)
<18.5 64 13 20.3 Ref 7 10.9 Ref 8 12.5 Ref
18.5-24.9 553 67 12.1 0.06 14 2.5 0.003 26 4.7 0.02
25.0-29.9 515 56 10.9 0.03 9 1.8 <0.001 29 5.6 0.03
30.0-34.9 339 51 15.0 0.29 7 2.1 0.003 21 6.2 0.11
35.0-39.9 164 28 17.1 0.57 6 3.7 0.05 11 6.7 0.16
>40 143 36 25.2 0.45 6 4.2 0.12 16 11.2 0.79
1

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia acute myeloid leukemia, other leukemia

2

Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma

3

Carcinoma, germ cell tumor, hepatoblastoma, melanoma, Wilms tumor, retinoblastoma, neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma, other malignancy

ˆ

Central nervous system tumor

*

BMI=Body mass index, kg/m2=kilograms per meter squared

**

From Chi-Squared statistics or Fisher's Exact Test