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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Compliance, adherence and effectiveness of a community-based pre-operative exercise programme: a pilot study

 

Prostate (n=15)

Colorectal (n=17)

P-value

Overall (n=32)

Gender M:F (ratio)

15:0

13:4

0.168

28:4

Age (years)

64.2 (6.7)

60.5 (12.1)

0.047*

60.5 (10.9)

Height (cm)

174 (5.7)

172 (8.5)

0.993

174.3 (5.9)

Weight (kg)

89.6 (12.5)

87.7 (21.6)

0.883

89.6 (16.4)

BMI (kg/m2)

29.7 (3.5)

29.5 (6.9)

0.898

29.7 (4.8)

Current smoker┼

0 (0)

1 (6)

0.343

1 (3)

No. of participants with co-morbidity┼

8 (53)

7 (6)

0.431

15 (47)

No. of participants taking medication┼

7 (47)

6 (35)

0.538

13 (41)

  1. Data are reported as mean (SD).*P < 0.05 taken as statistically significant. ┼Frequencies with percentages in parentheses