Table 1. Baseline demographics and medical profile of participants overall and by group assignment.
| Variable | Overall (n = 72) |
Exercise (n = 38) |
Usual care (n = 34) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 56.3 ± 9.4 | 55.9 ± 8.8 | 56.8 ± 10.2 | 0.698 |
| Male | 35 (48.6) | 18 (47.4) | 17 (50.0) | 1.00 |
| Weight, kg | 62.9 ± 10.7 | 63.4 ± 9.0 | 62.5 ± 12.6 | 0.725 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 23.5 ± 3.2 | 23.6 ± 2.9 | 23.3 ± 3.6 | 0.655 |
| Married | 55 (77.5) | 28 (75.7) | 27 (79.4) | 0.526 |
| Completed university | 30 (43.5) | 19 (52.8) | 11 (33.3) | 0.458 |
| Smoking | 0.537 | |||
| None | 33 (47.8) | 19 (54.3) | 14 (41.2) | |
| Past | 32 (46.4) | 14 (40.0) | 18 (52.9) | |
| Current | 4 (5.8) | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.9) | |
| Location of tumor | 0.223 | |||
| Colon | 46 (63.9) | 27 (71.1) | 19 (55.9) | |
| Rectal | 26 (36.1) | 11 (28.9) | 15 (44.1) | |
| Tumor stage | 0.103 | |||
| II | 33 (45.8) | 21 (55.3) | 12 (35.3) | |
| III | 39 (54.2) | 17 (44.7) | 22 (64.7) | |
| Cancer treatment | 0.397 | |||
| Chemotherapy | 58 (80.6) | 30 (78.9) | 28 (82.4) | |
| Chemo+radiotherapy | 9 (12.5) | 4 (10.5) | 5 (14.7) | |
| Time since completed therapy, month | 10.8 ± 7.1 | 10.9 ± 5.8 | 10.6 ± 8.4 | 0.850 |
Values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).