Table 1 Demographic, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics of colorectal cancer survivors at diagnosis, and 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months post-treatment.

From: Increases in adipose tissue and muscle function are longitudinally associated with better quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors

 

Diagnosis                (n = 459)

6 weeks post-treatment   (n = 396)

6 months post-treatment (n = 348)

12 months post-treatment (n = 287)

24 months post-treatment (n = 208)

Sex (male) [n (%)]

303 (66.0)

270 (68.2)

236 (67.8)

196 (68.3)

142 (68.3)

Age (years) [mean (SD)]

66.9 (9.1)

67.0 (9.1)

67.2 (9.23)

67.4 (9.2)

68.1 (9.2)

Body mass index, kg/m2 [mean (SD)]

28.3 (4.7)

27.8 (4.6)

28.3 (4.7)

28.7 (4.8)

28.3 (4.6)

Underweight: < 18.5

2 (0.4)

2 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.5)

Healthy weight: 18.5–24.9

111 (24.3)

117 (29.6)

90 (25.9)

62 (21.9)

49 (24.0)

Overweight: 25–29.9

201 (44.0)

173 (43.8)

151 (43.5)

130 (45.9)

85 (41.7)

Obese: ≥ 30

143 (31.3)

103 (26.1)

106 (30.6)

90 (31.8)

69 (33.8)

Smoking [n (%)]

Never

139 (31.0)

118 (30.5)

98 (28.7)

76 (27.6)

57 (29.1)

Former

255 (56.8)

235 (60.7)

213 (62.5)

172 (62.6)

120 (61.2)

Current

55 (12.3)

34 (8.8)

30 (8.8)

27 (9.8)

19 (9.7)

Education [n (%)]

Low

130 (29.0)

107 (27.1)

91 (26.2)

73 (25.5)

45 (21.6)

Medium

168 (37.4)

149 (37.7)

137 (39.5)

114 (39.9)

89 (42.8)

High

151 (33.6)

139 (35.2)

119 (34.3)

99 (34.6)

74 (34.6)

Cancer type [n (%)]

Colon

290 (63.2)

250 (63.1)

222 (63.8)

181 (60.6)

126 (60.6)

Rectosigmoid and rectum

169 (36.8)

146 (36.9)

126 (36.2)

106 (36.9)

82 (39.4)

Tumour stage [n (%)]

Stage I

141 (30.7)

124 (31.3)

109 (31.3)

97 (33.8)

71 (34.1)

Stage II

108 (23.5)

100 (25.3)

86 (24.7)

69 (24.0)

52 (25.0)

Stage III

210 (45.8)

172 (43.4)

153 (44.0)

121 (42.2)

85 (40.9)

Treatment [n (%)]

Surgery (yes)

412 (89.8)

354 (89.4)

317 (91.1)

259 (90.2)

186 (89.4)

Chemotherapy (yes)

184 (40.1)

155 (39.1)

134 (38.5)

107 (37.3)

79 (38.0)

Radiotherapy (yes)

116 (25.3)

101 (25.5)

88 (25.3)

73 (25.4)

55 (26.4)

  1. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation.
  2. aPercentages may not add to 100 due to rounding off.
  3. bData missing for two participants (female).
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