Decline in physical activity level in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to identify demographic and health-related predictors of declining physical activity levels over a four-year period among participants in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Methods

Analyses included 7,287 ≥5-year childhood cancer survivors and 2,107 siblings who completed multiple follow-up questionnaires. Participants were classified as active if they met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for physical activity. Generalized linear models were used to compare participants whose physical activity levels declined from active to inactive over the study to those who remained active. In addition, selected chronic conditions (CTCAE v4.03 Grade 3 and 4) were evaluated as risk factors in an analysis limited to survivors only.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Wilson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4119523 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature