Clinical Study
Effect of Exercise on Metabolic Syndrome Variables in Breast Cancer Survivors
Table 4
Six-month change in metabolic syndrome variables in exercise adherers (
) versus nonadherers (
).
| | Baseline (SD) | Mean change (SE) | Significance (P value) |
| Waist circumference (cm) | | | | Adherers | 89.4 (12.5) | −2.48 (1.05) | 0.170 | Non-adherers | 94.8 (10.9) | −0.18 (1.22) | | Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | | | | Adherers | 124.7 (14.4) | −1.99 (2.29) | 0.091 | Non-adherers | 121.0 (10.6) | 4.19 (2.65) | | Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | | | | Adherers | 76.2 (6.8) | −0.07 (1.00) | 0.226 | Non-adherers | 73.9 (6.9) | 1.84 (1.16) | | HDL-C (mg/dL) | | | | Adherers | 54.8 (14.3) | 2.91 (1.42) | 0.016 | Non-adherers | 50.1 (11.5) | −2.67 (1.64) | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | | | Adherers | 125.7 (63.2) | −3.13 (7.44) | 0.361 | Non-adherers | 121.0 (39.5) | 7.44 (8.60) | | Glucose (mg/dL) | | | | Adherers | 102.6 (12.2) | −1.45 (1.58) | 0.898 | Non-adherers | 107.9 (13.2) | −1.13 (1.83) | | Metabolic syndrome z-score | | | | Adherers | −1.92 (3.7) | −0.76 (0.37) | 0.009 | Non-adherers | −1.36 (2.9) | 0.80 (0.42) | |
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WC: waist circumference, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
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