. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 15.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 Dec 19;121(10):1540–1547. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29211

Table 1.

Strength and fitness values among adult survivors of childhood brain tumors compared to age-, sex-, race-matched peers and to values among adults 60-70 years of age.

Outcome	Brain tumor survivors Mean (SD)	Comparison group Mean (SD)	Healthy adults ages 60-69 years Mean (SD)
Hand grip strength, kg
Females	24.7(9.2)	31.5(5.8)	23.5(5.2)⁹²
Males	39.0(12.2)	53.0(10.1)	39.0(8.2)⁹²
Knee extension strength, N
Females	246.6(95.5)	339.1(92.4)	270.3(81.6)⁹³
Males	304.7(116.4)	466.6(92.1)	381.8(80.8)⁹³
Exercise tolerance, ml/kg/min
Females	25.1(8.6)	31.1(5.1)	22.3(2.1)⁴⁸
Males	24.6(9.5)	33.2(3.4)	30.0(2.7)⁴⁸

Kg=kilograms; N=Newton; ml/kg/min=milliliters per kilogram per minute