Table 3.

Sleep, physical activity, and other lifestyle characteristics pre- and post-diagnosis of cancer.

Lifestyle Habits	Prostate Cancer (n = 326)				McNemar *	Other Cancers (n = 394)				McNemar **	Controls (n = 629)		p Value for χ2 Test
	Pre-		Post		p Value	Pre-		Post		p Value	n	%	Pre-/Post
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Sleep					<0.001					0.003			NS/NS
6–8 h	179	54.9	139	42.6		234	59.4	196	49		392	62.3
<6 h or >8 h	147	45.1	187	57.4		160	40.6	201	51		237	37.7
Difficulty falling asleep	78	23.9	64	19.6	NS	72	18.3	81	20.6	NS	105	16.7	0.024/NS
Sleep interruptions	138	42.3	143	43.9	NS	150	38.1	131	33.3	NS	189	30	<0.001/0.003
Medications for sleeping	103	31.6	127	39	0.042	93	23.6	176	44.7	<0.001	95	15.1	<0.001/NS
Physical activity	90	27.6	64	19.6	0.004	148	37.6	74	18.8	<0.001	346	55	<0.001/NS
Tobacco use	105	32.2	90	27.6	<0.001	155	39.3	93	23.6	<0.001	159	25.3	<0.001/NS
Alcohol consumption	271	83.1	180	55.2	<0.001	329	83.5	230	58.4	<0.001	480	76.3	<0.001/<0.001
Daily	153	46.9	66	20.2		150	38.1	30	7.6		174	27.7
Occasional or never	173	53.1	250	79.8		244	61.9	364	92.4		455	72.3
Antidepressant use	22	6.7	72	22.1	<0.001	33	8.4	103	26.1	<0.001	35	5.6	NS/NS

* McNemar’s test for Prostate Cancer group; ** McNemar’s test for Other Cancers group; NS: non-significant (p ˃ 0.05).