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. 2017 Mar 28;14:44. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0498-7

Table 3.

Cancer-specific profile of survivors meeting neither, aerobic-only, strength-only, or combined exercise guidelines

Variable Neither (n = 281) Aerobic (n = 133) Strength (n = 58) Combined (n = 134) p value
Cancer type .008
 Leukemia (n = 186) 96 (52%) 37 (20%) 17 (9%) 36 (19%)
 Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 187) 64 (34%) 47 (25%) 21 (11%) 55 (29%)
 non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 233) 121 (52%) 49 (21%) 20 (9%) 43 (19%)
Time since diagnosis .11
  < 2 years (n = 116) 53 (46%) 19 (16%) 17 (15%) 27 (23%)
 2-5 years (n = 304) 137 (45%) 78 (26%) 21 (7%) 68 (22%)
  > 5 years (n = 186) 91 (49%) 36 (19%) 20 (11%) 39 (21%)
Radiation .27
 No (n = 399) 196 (49%) 83 (21%) 38 (9%) 82 (21%)
 Yes (n = 207) 85 (41%) 50 (24%) 20 (10%) 52 (25%)
Chemotherapy .64
 No (n = 173) 81 (47%) 38 (22%) 20 (12%) 34 (20%)
 Yes (n = 433) 200 (46%) 95 (22%) 38 (9%) 100 (23%)
Stem cell/marrow transplant .35
 No (n = 541) 255 (47%) 121 (22%) 50 (9%) 115 (21%)
 Yes (n = 65) 26 (40%) 12 (19%) 8 (12%) 19 (29%)
Treatment status .13
 Receiving treatments (n = 193) 99 (51%) 38 (20%) 22 (11%) 34 (18%)
 Completed treatments (n = 413) 182 (44%) 95 (23%) 36 (9%) 100 (24%)
Recurrence .88
 No (n = 524) 242 (46%) 113 (22%) 54 (10%) 118 (23%)
 Yes (n = 82) 39 (48%) 20 (24%) 7 (9%) 16 (20%)
Current cancer status .007
 Disease free (n = 372) 156 (42%) 88 (24%) 32 (9%) 96 (26%)
 Existing disease (n = 234) 125 (53%) 45 (19%) 26 (11%) 38 (16%)
Comorbidities <.001
 None (n = 221) 72 (33%) 56 (25%) 25 (11%) 68 (31%)
 One (n = 151) 61 (40%) 42 (28%) 12 (8%) 36 (24%)
 Two or more (n = 234) 148 (63%) 35 (15%) 21 (9%) 30 (13%)
Exercise recommendation .07
 No (n = 376) 185 (49%) 86 (23%) 36 (10%) 69 (18%)
 Yes (n = 230) 96 (42%) 47 (20%) 22 (10%) 65 (28%)