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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2017 Nov 29;29(1):77–86. doi: 10.1007/s10552-017-0986-8

Table 3.

Association between all-cause mortality and recreational physical activity before and after diagnosis

n (%) Minimally adjusteda
Fully adjustedb
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI

RPA before diagnosis
 Inactive (0 MET-hours/week) 90 (34.1) 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 > 0–9 MET-hours/week 94 (35.6) 1.02 0.60, 1.73 1.04 0.61, 1.79
 > 9 MET-hours/week 80 (30.3) 0.94 0.52, 1.68 1.01 0.55, 1.83
RPA after diagnosis
 Inactive (0 MET-hours/week) 130 (49.2) 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 > 0–9 MET-hours/week 90 (34.1) 0.92 0.58, 1.48 0.94 0.58, 1.54
 > 9 MET-hours/week 44 (16.7) 0.40 0.17, 0.96 0.53 0.21, 1.35
PAG before diagnosisc
 Not meeting PAG 199 (75.4) 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 Meeting PAG 65 (24.6) 0.66 0.37, 1.17 0.70 0.39, 1.26
PAG after diagnosisc
 Not meeting PAG 240 (90.9) 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 Meeting PAG 24 (9.1) 0.35 0.11, 1.12 0.46 0.14, 1.56
a

Adjusted for age, stage, and geographic region

b

Adjusted for age, stage, geographic region, number of comorbid conditions, education, and income. RPA after diagnosis is additionally adjusted for pre-diagnosis RPA (0, > 0–9, > 9 MET-hours/week)

c

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, defined as at least 150 min/week moderate-intensity RPA, 75 min/week vigorous-intensity RPA, or an equivalent combination