Table 1.
Baseline descriptive characteristics
| Intervention (n = 45) | Control (n = 40) | Total (n = 85) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | pdiff | |||
| Age (years) | 62.4 (7.3) | 59.3 (7.4) | 60.9 (7.4) | 0.06 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.2 (6.6) | 28.4 (5.3) | 28.3 (5.9) | 0.87 |
| Time since diagnosis (years) | 7.0 (1.9) | 7.0 (2.1) | 7.0 (1.9) | 0.89 |
| Accelerometer-measured MVPA (min/day) | 21.2 (18.1) | 17.5 (19.2) | 19.7 (18.2) | 0.29 |
| Accelerometer-measured sedentary time (min/day) | 837.8 (59.0) | 841.1 (56.8) | 839.4 (58.3) | 0.86 |
| Accelerometer-measured LPA (min/day) | 60.8 (18.2) | 64.5 (17.6) | 62.6 (17.8) | 0.52 |
| Median (IQR) | ||||
| Self-reported strength training (min/day)* | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.99 |
| N (%) | pdiff | |||
| Sex | 0.21 | |||
| Male | 4 (8.9) | 1 (2.5) | 5 (5.9) | |
| Female | 41 (91.1) | 39 (97.5) | 80 (94.1) | |
| Cancer site | 0.72 | |||
| Breast | 36 (80.0) | 34 (85.0) | 70 (82.4) | |
| Colon | 4 (8.9) | 1 (2.5) | 5 (5.9) | |
| Endometrial | 2 (4.4) | 3 (7.5) | 5 (5.9) | |
| Bladder | 2 (4.4) | 1 (2.5) | 3 (3.5) | |
| Kidney | 1 (2.2) | 1 (2.5) | 2 (2.4) | |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||
| 0 | 9 (20.0) | 11 (27.5) | 20 (23.5) | 0.71 |
| 1 | 35 (77.8) | 27 (67.5) | 62 (72.9) | |
| 2 | 1 (2.2) | 2 (5.0) | 3 (3.5) | |
| Cancer treatment | ||||
| Surgery only | 16 (35.6) | 17 (42.5) | 33 (38.8) | 0.09 |
| Surgery and radiation therapy | 10 (22.2) | 16 (40.0) | 26 (30.6) | |
| Surgery and chemotherapy | 7 (15.6) | 4 (10.0) | 11 (12.9) | |
| Surgery, chemo, and radiation | 12 (26.7) | 3 (7.5) | 15 (17.6) | |
| Baseline BMI category | 0.92 | |||
| Underweight | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.5) | 2 (2.4) | |
| Normal | 14 (33.3) | 11 (27.5) | 25 (29.4) | |
| Overweight | 12 (28.6) | 14 (35.0) | 26 (30.6) | |
| Obese | 15 (35.7) | 14 (35.0) | 29 (34.1) | |
| Employment status** | 0.38 | |||
| Work full time | 19 (42.2) | 22 (55.0) | 41 (48.2) | |
| Work part time | 14 (31.1) | 7 (17.5) | 21 (24.7) | |
| Retired | 15 (33.3) | 12 (30.0) | 27 (31.8) | |
| Homemaker | 7 (15.6) | 6 (15.0) | 13 (15.3) | |
| Other (volunteer, student, disabled) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (2.5) | 2 (2.4) | |
| Self-reported CVD*** | 30 (66.7) | 23 (57.5) | 53 (62.4) | 0.38 |
| Self-reported anxiety/depression | 18 (40.0) | 16 (40.0) | 34 (40.0) | 0.99 |
BMI body mass index, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity, CVD cardiovascular disease
*Presented as median (IQR) as data were highly skewed (76.5% of participants reported 0 min of strength training/day at baseline)
**Participants checked all that apply, may not equal 85
***Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, myocardial infarction, and/or stroke