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. 2020 Jul 1;10:10757. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67431-6

Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of women with metastatic breast cancer depending on physical activity level.

Total physical activity (MET-hours/week) Total N = 833
Light physical activity (< 10 MET-hour/week)
N = 97 (12%)
Moderate physical activity ([10;50[ MET-hour/week)
N = 575 (69%)
Vigorous physical activity (≥ 50 MET-hour/week)
N = 161 (19%)
Demographic
Age at primitive tumor diagnosis
 N 97 573 161
 Mean ± sd 62.4 (± 12.0) 52.1 (± 12.8) 50.8 (± 11.1) 53.1 (± 12.8)
Age at metastatic diagnosis
 N 97 575 161
 Mean ± sd 67.2 (± 11.6) 56.9 (± 13.1) 55.7 (± 11.4) 57.8 (± 13.1)
Weight, kg
N 97 572 161 830
 Mean ± sd 69.5 (± 16.6) 68.3 (± 14.7) 64.6 (± 12.9) 67.7 (± 14.7)
Missing data 0 3 0 3
Body mass index, kg/m
 Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2) 6 (6.2%) 18 (3.2%) 7 (4.3%) 31 (3.7%)
 Normal weight (< 25 kg/m2) 36 (37.1%) 274 (48.0%) 91 (56.5%) 401 (48.4%)
 Overweight (25–30 kg/m2) 27 (27.8%) 163 (28.5%) 44 (27.3%) 234 (28.2%)
 Obese (> 30 kg/m2) 28 (28.9%) 116 (20.3%) 19 (11.8%) 163 (19.7%)
 Missing data 0 4 0 4
PS ECOG
 0–1 55 (70.5%) 413 (90.8%) 128 (93.4%) 596 (89.0%)
 2–3 23 (29.5%) 42 (9.2%) 9 (6.6%) 74 (11.0%)
 Missing data 19 120 24 163
Metastatic at diagnosis
 No 54 (55.7%) 363 (63.5%) 104 (64.6%) 521 (62.8%)
 Yes 31 (32.0%) 136 (23.8%) 37 (23.0%) 204 (24.6%)
 Undetermined 12 (12.4%) 73 (12.8%) 20 (12.4%) 105 (12.7%)
 Missing data 0 3 0 3
Education
 High School 64 (73.6%) 274 (51.1%) 65 (43.3%) 403 (52.1%)
 1- to 2-year university degree 17 (19.5%) 156 (29.1%) 48 (32.0%) 221 (28.6%)
 > 2-year university degree 6 (6.9%) 106 (19.8%) 37 (24.7%) 149 (19.3%)
 Missing data 10 39 11 60
Smokers
 Yes 26 (27.4%) 255 (44.8%) 67 (41.6%) 348 (42.2%)
 No 69 (72.6%) 314 (55.2%) 94 (58.4%) 477 (57.8%)
 Missing data 2 6 0 8
Clinical
Molecular subtype
 HER2 positive 12 (12.6%) 96 (16.7%) 36 (22.4%) 144 (17.3%)
 Luminal 71 (74.7%) 394 (68.5%) 103 (64.0%) 568 (68.4%)
 Triple negative 12 (12.6%) 85 (14.8%) 22 (13.7%) 119 (14.3%)
 Missing data 2 0 0 2
Number of death 63 337 75 475
HER2 positive 8 47 8 63
Luminal 42 223 46 311
Triple negative 12 67 21 100
Median between diagnosis and metastatic disease (months)[range] 73.5 [0.7;335.5] 49.0 [0.1;462.5] 57.2 [0.3;322.5] 53.5 [0.1;462.5]
 < 24 months 14 (14.4%) 133 (71.9%) 38 (20.5%) 185 (100%)
 ≥ 24 months 52 (53.6%) 306 (68.9%) 86 (19.4%) 444 (100%)
CA 15.3 [U/ml]
 N 76 449 118 643
 Mean ± sd 338.9 (± 694.6) 212.1 (± 543.0) 198.8 (± 499.4) 224.7 (± 556.2)
 Missing data 21 126 43 190
Lymphocytes [G/l]
 N 73 446 122 641
 Mean ± sd 1.9 (± 1.9) 1.8 (± 1.1) 1.8 (± 1.2) 1.9 (± 1.2)
 Missing data 24 129 39 192
Number of metastatic sites
 < 3 sites 60 (61.9%) 381 (66.3%) 120 (74.5%) 561 (67.3%)
 ≥ 3 sites 37 (38.1%) 194 (33.7%) 41 (25.5%) 272 (32.7%)
Metastatic localization
 Brain 8 (8.2%) 31 (5.4%) 6 (3.7%) 45 (5.4%)
 Bones 70 (72.2%) 400 (69.6%) 105 (65.2%) 575 (69.0%)
 Pulmonary 33 (34.0%) 152 (26.4%) 39 (24.2%) 224 (26.9%)
 Node 31 (32.0%) 189 (32.9%) 57 (35.4%) 277 (33.3%)
 Pleura 19 (19.6%) 59 (10.3%) 17 (10.6%) 95 (11.4%)
 Skin 12 (12.4%) 35 (6.1%) 8 (5.0%) 55 (6.6%)
 Hepatic 33 (34.0%) 202 (35.1%) 51 (31.7%) 286 (34.3%)
 Loco regional 12 (12.4%) 109 (19.0%) 36 (22.4%) 157 (18.8%)
 Others 10 (10.3%) 76 (13.2%) 19 (11.8%) 105 (12.6%)
Adjuvant chemotherapy
 Yes 38 (39.2%) 314 (54.6%) 86 (53.4%) 438 (52.6%)
 No 59 (60.8%) 261 (45.4%) 75 (46.6%) 395 (47.4%)
Dual inhibition of HER2
 Yes 3 (27.3%) 32 (35.6%) 13 (39.4%) 86 (64.2%)
 No 8 (72.7%) 58 (64.4%) 20 (60.6%) 48 (35.8%)
 Missing data 1 6 3 10