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Table 2 Health-related quality of life in different levels of physical activity and sedentary time among all study population (n = 1546)

From: The association between physical activity, sedentary time and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors

Scales

Physical activity

Sedentary time

Mean (SD)

Adjusted mean difference of scores (95% CI)

Mean (SD)

Adjusted mean difference of scores (95% CI)

Low (n = 240)

Moderate (n = 404)

Pa

High (n = 902)

Pa

< 4 h/d (n = 855)

4–6 h/d (n = 491)

Pa

≥ 6 h/d (n = 200)

Pa

EORTC QLQ-C30

 Physical function

78.96 ± 18.88

1.69(− 0.78, 4.16)

0.179

4.24(2.03, 6.45)

 < 0.001

82.84 ± 14.95

− 2.15(− 3.71, − 0.59)

0.007

− 5.84(− 9.68, − 2.00)

0.003

 Role function

91.78 ± 16.45

1.13(− 1.38, 3.63)

0.378

2.93(0.69, 5.17)

0.011

94.15 ± 14.07

− 0.79(− 2.38, 0.80)

0.329

− 3.51(− 7.40, 0.38)

0.077

 Emotional function

82.64 ± 19.01

1.16(− 1.68, 4.00)

0.423

3.43(0.88, 5.97)

0.008

85.02 ± 17.20

− 0.13(− 1.95, 1.69)

0.887

− 1.75(− 6.26, 2.75)

0.445

 Cognitive function

79.18 ± 19.46

− 0.02(− 3.17, 3.14)

0.992

0.94(− 1.90, 3.77)

0.517

79.84 ± 20.02

− 0.27(− 2.29, 1.75)

0.790

− 1.70(− 6.70, 3.31)

0.506

 Social function

78.52 ± 22.88

2.09(− 1.75, 5.92)

0.286

2.68(− 0.76, 6.12)

0.127

81.31 ± 23.37

− 1.91(− 4.36, 0.54)

0.126

− 5.39(− 11.43, 0.65)

0.080

 Global health/QoL

70.64 ± 25.28

0.14(− 3.71, 3.98)

0.945

2.22(− 1.22, 5.67)

0.206

72.60 ± 23.33

− 4.12(− 6.56, − 1.67)

0.001

− 3.21(− 9.24, 2.82)

0.297

 Fatigue

26.94 ± 21.16

0.70(− 2.71, 4.12)

0.686

− 0.83(− 3.89, 2.22)

0.594

26.83 ± 21.28

2.06(− 0.11, 4.24)

0.063

6.58(1.21, 11.96)

0.016

 Nausea and vomiting

5.60 ± 14.84

− 2.95(− 4.54, − 1.36)

 < 0.001

− 2.83(− 4.26, − 1.41)

 < 0.001

2.79 ± 9.61

0.35(− 0.67, 1.36)

0.504

− 0.75(− 3.25, 1.76)

0.560

 Pain

14.43 ± 19.27

1.21(− 1.90, 4.31)

0.446

− 0.43(− 3.22, 2.35)

0.761

14.12 ± 18.46

1.29(− 0.68, 3.26)

0.200

6.07(1.23, 10.90)

0.014

 Dyspnoea

15.69 ± 21.21

− 0.03(− 3.51, 3.45)

0.987

− 2.40(− 5.53, 0.72)

0.132

13.88 ± 21.05

1.18(− 1.03, 3.40)

0.295

3.59(− 1.89, 9.07)

0.199

 Insomnia

24.59 ± 28.83

1.87(− 2.73, 6.47)

0.425

− 2.42(− 6.55, 1.71)

0.250

22.19 ± 27.24

3.83(0.88, 6.78)

0.011

8.39(1.12, 15.66)

0.024

 Appetite loss

11.06 ± 20.68

− 3.01(− 5.94, − 0.07)

0.045

− 3.89(− 6.52, − 1.25)

0.004

7.16 ± 16.98

1.72(− 0.14, 3.58)

0.070

0.63(− 3.99, 5.24)

0.789

 Constipation

8.52 ± 18.85

3.23(− 0.04, 6.50)

0.053

0.28(− 2.65, 3.22)

0.850

8.88 ± 18.30

2.02(− 0.05, 4.09)

0.056

0.04(− 5.05, 5.13)

0.988

 Diarrhea

10.86 ± 19.87

0.08(− 3.07, 3.24)

0.958

− 2.12(− 4.95, 0.70)

0.141

9.69 ± 18.10

0.32(− 1.69, 2.33)

0.755

0.42(− 4.52, 5.35)

0.868

 Financial difficulties

31.52 ± 31.41

− 1.09(− 6.32, 4.14)

0.682

− 0.27(− 4.43, 4.98)

0.910

29.76 ± 32.07

3.32(− 0.01, 6.65)

0.051

4.56(− 3.69, 12.80)

0.279

  1. Italic face P < 0.05
  2. aAdjusted for gender, age, BMI, education, marital status, household per capita income, time since diagnosis, recurrence, metastasis, and number of comorbidity