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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Feb 19;30(4):301–309. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01141-x

Table 2:

Group means and group differences for outcomes from baseline to follow-up

Mean (SE)
Urban Residence (n=327) Rural Residence (n=160)
Outcomes Baseline Change in Follow-up Baseline Change in Follow-up Mean Group Difference (95% CI) Group Effect p-value
Unadjusted Adjusteda
SF 36 Physical Function 73.7 (1.1) −1.71 (1.00)b 72.6 (1.4) −0.66 (1.47)b 1.06 (−2.42, 4.53) 0.003 0.015
Quality of life
 Mental Component 56.4 (0.4) 0.50 (0.35)c 56.4 (0.6) −0.47 (0.64)c −0.97 (−2.40, 0.46) 0.975 0.052
 Physical Component 44.9 (0.5) −0.74 (0.50)d 43.7 (0.7) 0.14 (0.71)d 0.88 (−0.84, 2.59) 0.975 0.044
Lifestyle Factors
 F&V daily servings 3.7 (0.1) 1.56 (0.16)e 3.1 (2.0) 1.47 (0.23)e −0.10 (−0.64, 0.45) 1.000 0.018
 Saturated Fat intake (g/d) 19.3 (0.5) −2.91 (0.54)f 18.3 (0.7) −3.33 (0.75)f −0.42 (−2.25, 1.42) 0.975 0.578
 BMI (kg/m2) 28.7 (0.2) −0.70 (0.07)g 29.1 (0.3) −0.64 (0.12)g 0.06 (−0.22, 0.34) 0.822 0.639
Endurance Exercise (min/week) 42.8 (5.0) 39.62 (6.95)h 38.3 (5.0) 27.12 (7.98)h −12.50 (−33.31, 8.30) 0.084 0.272
Strength Training Exercise (min/week) 11.4 (1.8) 20.40 (2.84)i 7.0 (1.9) 22.71 (3.94)i 2.31 (−7.32, 11.9) 0.557 0.242
Adverse Eventsj
 Total Events X 1.64 (0.06) X 1.58 (0.08) X 0.638 0.009
 Serious Events X 0.56 (0.05) X 0.46 (0.06) X 0.830 0.079
*

Wilcoxon rank test and OLS regression on ranks was used for non-normal data.

a

Adjusted for age, race, sex, education, comorbidity, baseline physical function, intervention/waitlist group, and years since diagnosis

b

Contrasting to the control group decrease of −4.84(0.9).[19]

c

Contrasting to the control group decrease of −2.04(0.74).[19]

d

Contrasting to the control group decrease of −1.94(0.8).[19]

e

Contrasting to the control group increase of 0.13(0.11) servings/day.[19]

f

Contrasting to the control group decrease of −1.07(0.49) g/day.[19]

g

Contrasting to the control group decrease of −0.31(0.08) kg/m2.[19]

h

Contrasting to the control group increase of 23.4(5.6) minutes/week.[19]

i

Contrasting to the control group increase of 0.2(0.1) minutes/week.[19]

j

The control group had similar numbers of adverse events. [19]