Table 2. Health behaviors and prevalence of chronic metabolic diseases and management by the clinic.
| Behaviors or other diseases | No. (%) of patients | Management or newly diagnosis No. (%) |
Patients No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health behaviors | (Management at survivorship clinic) | ||
| Smoking | |||
| Never | 126 (50.4) | ||
| Former | 106 (42.4) | ||
| Current | 18 (7.2) | Medication + Consultation | 7 (38.89) |
| Consultation only* | 11 (61.11) | ||
| Drinking | |||
| Never | 105 (42.0) | ||
| Former | 54 (21.6) | ||
| Current | 91 (36.4) | ||
| At - risk drinker | 22 (8.8) | Medication + Consultation | 1 (4.55) |
| Consultation only* | 21 (95.45) | ||
| Exercise | |||
| Inactive | 81 (32.4) | ||
| Active | |||
| < 150 min per wk | 54 (21.6) | ||
| > 150 min per wk | 115 (46.0) | ||
| Chronic metabolic diseases | (Newly diagnosis) | ||
| Hypertension | |||
| Have | 70 (28.0) | ||
| Do not have | 176 (70.4) | Blood pressure was not routinely checked | |
| Do not know | 4 (1.6) | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | |||
| Have | 29 (11.6) | ||
| Do not have | 217 (86.8) | FBS ≥ 126†,∥ | 11 (4.98)‡ |
| Do not know | 4 (1.6) | 100 ≤ FBS ≤ 125†,∥ | 79 (35.75)‡ |
| Hypercholesterolemia | |||
| Have | 41 (16.4) | ||
| Do not have | 205 (82.0) | Total Cholesterol ≥ 240∥ | 6 (2.87)§ |
| Do not know | 4 (1.6) |
*Consultation only includes treatment at a nearby hospital for logistic reasons (e.g., residence in distant areas); †FBS, fasting blood sugar; ‡Among the patients who did not know whether he/she had diabetes mellitus or the patients who stated that he/she did not have diabetes mellitus; §Among the patients who did not know whether he/she had hypercholesterolemia or the patients who stated that he/she did not have hypercholesterolemia; ∥The unit of fasting blood glucose and total cholesterol was mg/dL.