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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Physical activity and telomere length in early stage breast cancer survivors

  

Number

%

  

392

100

Demographic characteristics

Age, years (mean, 61.97; SD, 10.36)

  

  <55

91

23.2

 

  55 to 65

170

43.4

 

  >65

131

33.4

 

BMI (mean, 27.21; SD, 5.85)

  
 

  <25

163

41.6

 

  25 to 30

123

31.4

 

  >30

106

27.0

 

Smoking status

  
 

  Never

207

52.9

 

  Current

13

3.3

 

  Previous

171

43.7

 

Race/ethnicity

  
 

  White

322

82.1

 

  Non-white*

70

17.9

 

Educational level

  
 

  High school or less

85

21.7

 

  College

167

42.6

 

  Graduate or higher

139

35.5

 

Marital status

  
 

  Married/partnered

244

62.2

 

  Single

136

34.7

 

Physical activity

  
 

  None

66

16.8

 

  Moderate to vigorous

326

83.2

Clinical characteristics

Stage

  

  0 and I

154

39.3

 

  II

192

49.0

 

  III

46

11.7

 

Previous chemotherapy

  
 

  No chemotherapy

153

39.0

 

  Chemotherapy

239

61.0

 

Current aromatase inhibitors

  
 

  None

41

10.5

 

  Letrozole

67

17.1

 

  Anastrozole

240

61.2

 

  Exemestane

44

11.2

 

Cormorbid conditions

  
 

  None

62

15.8

 

  One

118

30.1

 

  Two or more

212

54.1

Symptom profile

HADS anxiety

  

  Normal

282

71.9

 

  Symptomatic

101

25.8

 

HADS depression

  
 

  Normal

344

87.8

 

  Symptomatic

34

8.7

  1. *Mostly Black; hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) categorization: Normal = 0 to 7; symptomatic = 8 to 21. BMI, body mass index.