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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2016 May 27;10(6):1096–1103. doi: 10.1007/s11764-016-0553-4

Table 4.

Pre and Post-cancer diagnosis functional limitation prevalence overall and by top 5 cancer types

All (n=5991) Prostate (n=1741) Breast (n=1345)
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
N (%)a N (%)a N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
0–1condition 200 (10.1) 239 (14.5) 62 (8.9) 66 (11.6) 41 (11.0) 35 (10.8)
Unclustered conditionsb 281 (31.6) 433 (41.3)*** 67 (15.2) 98 (21.7)* 49 (13.9) 59 (17.9)
Musculoskeletal 699 (41.7) 856 (48.8)*** 149 (39.6) 197 (44.0) 198 (42.8) 223 (45.2)
Metabolic 229 (15.2) 393 (25.0)*** 62 (24.3) 97 (34.4)* 77 (37.0) 92 (35.7)
CVDc 160 (43.8) 248 (54.2)** 45 (42.5) 65 (51.6) 26 (55.3) 38 (58.5)
MDDrd+GIe+Pulmonary 344 (51.7) 477 (58.0)* 28 (50.0) 65 (63.1) 42 (50.0) 105 (52.4)
≥2 clusters 195 (56.0) 310 (59.9) 72 (45.0) 104 (52.3) 81 (11.7) 106 (54.6)

CRC (n=904) Genitourinary (n=646) Lung (n=593)
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)

0–1 condition 34 (11.9) 38 (15.8)*** 21 (11.5) 29 (19.5)* 18 (11.3) 31 (25.4)**
Unclustered conditionsb 35 (16.8) 67 (27.5)** 17 (10.3) 43 (23.8)*** 18 (11.5) 61 (34.9)***
Musculoskeletal 114 (42.2) 117 (49.2) 85 (42.9) 109 (54.0)* 76 (43.9) 98 (62.4)***
Metabolic 53 (33.8) 82 (46.9)* 37 (32.2) 55 (44.7)* 27 (38.6) 58 (58.0)*
CVDc 32 (46.4) 48 (55.8) 22 (36.1) 35 (49.3) 19 (42.2) 35 (61.4)
MDDrd+GIe+Pulmonary 31 (65.9) 47 (64.4) 25 (62.5) 28 (53.9) 47 (60.3) 83 (64.8)
≥2 clusters 62 (56.9) 80 (65.6) 48 (50.0) 64 (58.7) 46 (29.0) 72 (66.1)
a

Percentages represent % of those with functional limitations within each cluster;

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001 for chi-square test of differences from pre- to post-cancer diagnosis;

b

Individuals with ≥2 conditions and were considered “un-clustered”.

c

Cardiovascular disease cluster.

d

Major Depressive Disorder risk.

e

Gastrointestinal conditions.