Associations between Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Psychological Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer

Table 2

Exercise habits at month 12 according to sociodemographic and medical variables (Ν = 311).

Variable		Inactive (n = 80)	Fairly active (n = 92)	Active (n = 139)
Age, years		M = 53.99 (SD = 7.39)	M = 55.79 (SD = 7.91)	M = 55.94 (SD = 8.33)
BMI, kg/m2	≤25	29 (20.6%)	42 (29.8%)	70 (49.6%)
	>25	51 (30%)	50 (29.4%)	69 (40.6%)
Country
Finland		19 (13.3%)	46 (32.2%)	78 (54.5%)
Portugal		24 (31.6%)	21 (27.6%)	31 (40.8%)
Israel		20 (37.7%)	15 (28.3%)	18 (34%)
Italy		17 (43.6%)	10 (25.6%)	12 (30.8%)
Education
0–9 years		9 (64.3%)	2 (14.3%)	3 (21.4%)
>9 years		71 (23.7%)	90 (30.4%)	136 (45.9%)
Marital status
Married/living with a partner		70 (25.7%)	75 (27.6%)	127 (46.7%)
Single/widowed		10 (25.6%)	17 (43.6%)	12 (30.8%)
Working
Employed		61 (26.5%)	66 (28.7%)	103 (44.8%)
Nonemployed/retired		19 (23.5%)	26 (32.1%)	36 (44.4%)
Income
Very low/low		27 (36.5%)	19 (25.7%)	28 (37.8%)
Average/high		51 (21.5%)	73 (30.8%)	113 (47.7%)
Tumor grade
I		9 (17%)	17 (32.1%)	27 (50.9%)
II		39 (25.7%)	42 (27.6%)	71 (46.7%)
III		32 (30.2%)	33 (31.1%)	41 (38.7%)
Stage
I		30 (20.4%)	41 (27.9%)	76 (51.7%)
II & III		50 (30.5%)	51 (31.1%)	63 (38.4%)
Operation
Lumpectomy		55 (23.8%)	72 (31.2%)	104 (45%)
Mastectomy		25 (31.3%)	20 (25%)	35 (43.8%)
Radiotherapy
Yes		58 (23.5%)	78 (31.6%)	111 (44.9%)
No		22 (34.4%)	14 (21.9%)	28 (43.8%)
Endocrine treatment
Yes		63 (24%)	76 (28.9%)	124 (47.1%)
No		17 (35,4%)	16 (33.3%)	15 (31.3%)
Chemotherapy
Yes		50 (29.4%)	51 (30%)	69 (40.6%)
No		30 (21.3%)	41 (29.1%)	70 (49.6%)
Anti-HER2 treatment
Yes		11 (19.3%)	19 (33.3%)	27 (47.4%)
No		69 (27.2%)	73 (28.7%)	112 (44.1%)
Psychotropic medication
Yes		21 (25%)	25 (29.8%)	38 (45.2%)
No		59 (26%)	67 (29.5%)	101 (44.5%)
Systematic psychological support
Yes		9 (25%)	14 (38.9%)	13 (36.1%)
No		71 (25.8%)	78 (28.4%)	126 (45.8%)

BMI = body mass index.