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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2017 Jun 15;25(11):3465–3473. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3769-6

Table 2.

Cross-sectional association between physical activity intensity (MET hours per week) and quality of life in females (N=349)

Model 1
Model 2
Total Light- Intensity PA (LPA)
(adj. MVPA)
Mod-Vig Intensity PA (MVPA)
(adj. LPA)
Low-light Intensity PA (LLPA)
(adj. HLPA, MVPA)
High-light Intensity PA (HLPA)
(adj. LLPA, MVPA)
Mod-Vig Intensity PA (MVPA)
(adj. LLPA, HLPA)
Mental Health
 T1 84.4 ± 1.22a 85.5 ± 1.12 83.9 ± 1.21a 85.7 ± 1.24 85.6 ± 1.12
 T2 85.6 ± 1.18 86.4 ± 1.21 86.0 ± 1.19 85.1 ± 1.19 86.6 ± 1.21
 T3 87.5 ± 1.22a 85.5 ± 1.30 87.6 ± 1.22a 86.7 ± 1.19 85.2 ± 1.30
p-value = 0.04 p-value = 0.97 p-value = 0.02 p-value = 0.53 p-value = 0.84
Emotional Role Functioning
 T1 92.9 ± 2.46 92.5 ± 2.26 91.8 ± 2.44 92.3 ± 2.52 92.7 ± 2.27
 T2 91.0 ± 2.38 94.2 ± 2.45 92.5 ± 2.41 91.7 ± 2.41 94.1 ± 2.46
 T3 92.7 ± 2.46 89.9 ± 2.62 92.1 ± 2.48 92.4 ± 2.42 89.7 ± 2.64
p-value = 0.96 p-value = 0.42 p-value = 0.93 p-value = 0.98 p-value = 0.37
Vitality
 T1 60.2 ± 1.78a 60.9 ± 1.63 60.2 ± 1.76 60.8 ± 1.81 61.0 ± 1.63
 T2 62.9 ± 1.72 63.2 ± 1.77 63.1 ± 1.74 62.2 ± 1.73 63.3 ± 1.77
 T3 64.9 ± 1.76a 63.8 ± 1.90 64.4 ± 1.78 64.7 ± 1.74 63.5 ± 1.90
p-value = 0.03 p-value = 0.20 p-value = 0.06 p-value = 0.08 p-value = 0.26
Social Role Functioning
 T1 89.2 ± 1.76a 88.6 ± 1.61a 88.3 ± 1.73a 91.1 ± 1.78 88.7 ± 1.60a
 T2 92.3 ± 1.70 92.1 ± 1.75 91.7 ± 1.71 91.9 ± 1.70 92.3 ± 1.74
 T3 93.6 ± 1.75a 94.5 ± 1.87a 95.2 ± 1.75a 92.2 ± 1.71 94.2 ± 1.87a
p-value < 0.05 p-value = 0.008 p-value = 0.002 p-value = 0.61 p-value = 0.01

Notes. LPA = light-intensity physical activity; LLPA = low-light intensity physical activity; HLPA = high-light intensity physical activity; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Models are adjusted for age (continuous), obese (yes/no), number of symptoms (0–2, 3–5, 6+), cancer type (breast, colorectal), and other intensity PA variables, i.e., Model 1: includes total light PA and MVPA, Model 2: includes LLPA, HLPA, and MVPA. P-value is from the ANCOVA test for trend. LSMeans with the same letter subscript are significantly different at the 0.05 alpha level. Low-light intensity (METS 1.5–2.0); High-light intensity (METS 2.1–2.9); ModVig intensity (METS ≥3).