Table 2.
Fitness correlates with exercise history.
| Total cohort | Test completed | Contraindicated | Deferred | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At pace | Slower self-paced | Shorter self-paced | Flat self-paced | ||||
|
Cancer survivors Number (%) |
169 (100) | 88 (52) | 24 (14) | 21 (12) | 9 (5) | 20 (12) | 7 (4) |
| Initial office pulse, beats/min mean ± SEM (range) | 83 ± 1.0 (56–117) | 83 ± 1.4 (56–117) | 82 ± 1.9 (64–97) | 86 ± 3.1 (58–114) | 85 ± 5.5 (65–114) | 83 ± 3.0 (61–105) | 76 ± 3.6 (66–90) |
| Initial office systolic blood pressure, mmHg mean ± SEM (range) | 126 ± 1.2 (94–188) | 124 ± 1.5 (102–171) | 131 ± 4.5 (101–188) | 130 ± 3.1 (98–153) | 124 ± 6.9 (98–164) | 125 ± 3.7 (104–160) | 124 ± 5.4 (94–138) |
| BMI, kg/m2 mean ± SEM (range) | 28 ± 0.5 (17–44) | 26 ± 0.6 (19–44) | 28 ± 1.1 (19–42) | 30 ± 1.3 (17–39) | 31 ± 3.3 (19–43) | 30 ± 1.5 (18–44) | 23 ± 1.3 (18–27) |
| Past exercise historya,b number (%) | |||||||
| Sedentary | 28 (16) | 14 (16) | 5 (21) | 4 (19) | 1 (11) | 3 (15) | 1 (14) |
| Light | 40 (24) | 19 (22) | 6 (25) | 9 (43) | 4 (44) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Moderate | 44 (26) | 15 (17) | 6 (25) | 6 (29) | 4 (44) | 12 (60) | 1 (14) |
| Vigorous | 57 (34) | 40 (45) | 7 (29) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 3 (15) | 5 (72) |
| Current exercise historyc number (%) | |||||||
| Sedentary | 57 (34) | 20 (23) | 12 (50) | 11 (52) | 2 (22) | 12 (60) | 0 (0) |
| Light | 64 (38) | 37 (42) | 9 (38) | 6 (29) | 7 (78) | 3 (15) | 2 (29) |
| Moderate | 31 (18) | 19 (22) | 3 (13) | 4 (19) | 0 (0) | 5 (25) | 0 (0) |
| Vigorous | 17 (10) | 12 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (71) |
aPast exercise Hx: at pace vs. shorter self-paced p = 0.0191, chi square, two-tailed. At pace vs. flat self-paced p = 0.0078, Fisher's exact, two-tailed. At pace vs. contraindicated p = 0.0007, chi square, two-tailed.
bPast exercise vs. current exercise Hx: total cohort p = 0.0000, at pace p = 0.0000, chi square, two-tailed. Slower self-paced p = 0.0081, contraindicated p = 0.0042, Fisher's exact, two-tailed.
cCurrent exercise Hx: at pace vs. slower self-paced p = 0.0304, at pace vs. shorter self-paced p = 0.0355, at pace vs. flat self-paced p = 0.0014, at pace vs. contraindicated p = 0.0036, at pace vs. deferred p = 0.0043, Fisher's exact, two-tailed.