Research Article

Physical Activity in Adolescents following Treatment for Cancer: Influencing Factors

Table 1

Participant characteristics.

CharacteristicSurvivor
Comparison
value

Age in years—mean (SD)16.0 (2.1)15.8 (1.7)NS
% Male60.562.5NS
BMI percentile—mean (SD)60.5 (27.8)44.9 (25.2)0.005
 (i) % Under weight2.14.2
 (ii) % Healthy 74.587.5
 (iii) % Overweight14.96.2
 (iv) % Obese8.52.1
Diagnosis
 (i) % Leukemia66.6
 (ii) % Solid tumour12.5
 (iii) % Lymphoma18.7
 (iv) % CNS tumour2.1

NS: not significant.