Background
Methods
Study design and procedures
Study sample
Characteristics of study sample
Physical performance
Data analysis
Results
Study sample
Number | Cancer n = 414 | Number | Controls n = 1321 | p-value | |
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Socio-demographics | |||||
Age, years, median [IQR] | 414 | 69.2 [63.7–75.8] | 1321 | 68.6 [63.0–76.6] | 0.498 |
Female | 414 | 205 (49.5) | 1321 | 720 (54.5) | 0.076 |
Current smoking | 369 | 75 (20.3) | 1269 | 220 (16.7) | 0.191 |
Alcohol use | 369 | 1266 | 0.979 | ||
No alcohol | 57 (15.4) | 195 (15.4) | |||
Moderate/light | 290 (78.6) | 999 (78.9) | |||
(Very) excessive | 22 (6.0) | 72 (5.7) | |||
Anthropometry | |||||
Body weight, kg, mean ± SD | 362 | 77.9 ± 13.6 | 1245 | 78.4 ± 13.4 | 0.590 |
Height, cm, mean ± SD | 360 | 168.7 ± 9.3 | 1244 | 168.6 ± 9.3 | 0.913 |
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD | 359 | 27.4 ± 4.2 | 1237 | 27.6 ± 4.3 | 0.364 |
Health characteristics | |||||
Nr chronic diseases, median [IQR] | 414 | 1 [0–2] | 1321 | 1 [0–2] | 0.726 |
Nr of medicines, median [IQR] | 332 | 2 [1–4] | 1269 | 2 [0–4] | 0.853 |
MMSE, median [IQR] | 414 | 28 [27–29] | 1321 | 28 [27–29] | 0.064 |
Physical performance prior to diagnosis of cancer
Number | Cancer | Number | Controls | Number (regression) | Cancer, yes | ||||||
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Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||||||
B1 | SE |
P
| B1 | SE |
P
| ||||||
HGS, kg | 292 | 32.8 ± 11.8 | 1251 | 32.6 ± 11.5 | 1509 | −0.413 | 0.431 | 0.337 | −0.355 | 0.407 | 0.382 |
Gait speed, m/s | 404 | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 1246 | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 1533 | −0.007 | 0.015 | 0.640 | −0.006 | 0.015 | 0.685 |
CST, s | 376 | 12.1 ± 3.8 | 1164 | 12.5 ± 3.8 | 1434 | −0.216 | 0.217 | 0.320 | −0.184 | 0.212 | 0.387 |
Cardigan test, s | 410 | 12.5 ± 6.9 | 1305 | 12.6 ± 6.3 | 1586 | −0.352 | 0.340 | 0.300 | −0.323 | 0.334 | 0.334 |
Number | Cancer | Number | Controls | Number (regression) | Cancer, yes | ||||||
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Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||||||
OR | 95% CI |
p
| OR | 95% CI |
p
| ||||||
CST, able | 404 | 378 (93.6) | 1233 | 1169 (94.8) | 1514 | 0.830 | 0.479–1.440 | 0.507 | 0.819 | 0.464–1.444 | 0.490 |
Tandem balance test, able | 283 | 228 (80.6) | 1270 | 983 (77.4) | 1425 |
1.579
|
1.069–2.334
|
0.022
|
1.573
|
1.059–2.336
|
0.025
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