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Table 1 Baseline characteristicsa of US cancer survivors according to healthy lifestyle score

From: Combined lifestyle, mental health, and mortality in US cancer survivors: a national cohort study

Characteristics

Total

Healthy lifestyle score

0–1

2

3–5

P-value

PHQ-9 scoreb, No. (%)

 0–4

2332 (76.1)

857 (71.8)

814 (74.3)

661 (83.6)

 < 0.001

 5–9

495 (15.5)

190 (16.6)

201 (17.2)

104 (11.9)

  ≥ 10

318 (8.5)

159 (11.6)

117 (8.5)

42 (4.5)

HEI-2015c

55.1 (0.3)

48.0 (0.4)

55.1 (0.5)

64.1 (0.5)

 < 0.001

LTPAc, MET.hours/week

5.7 (0.6)

0.6 (0.2)

3.3 (0.8)

15.2 (1.7)

 < 0.001

Daily activityc, MET.hours/week

31.5 (1.7)

32.3 (2.9)

33.8 (3.1)

27.6 (2.5)

0.261

Alcohol drinking status, No. (%)

 Non-drinker

822 (21.2)

462 (32.6)

270 (19.4)

90 (9.2)

 < 0.001

 Low-to moderate drinker

2061 (68.7)

576 (49.9)

799 (73.3)

686 (86.5)

 Heavy drinker

262 (10.1)

168 (17.5)

63 (7.3)

31 (4.3)

Smoking status, No. (%)

 Non-smoker

1419 (46.3)

236 (19.0)

580 (51.6)

603 (74.2)

 < 0.001

 Current smoker

486 (15.5)

299 (25.6)

148 (13.0)

39 (5.7)

 Former smoker

1240 (38.2)

671 (55.4)

404 (35.3)

165 (20.1)

Quiting smoking ≥ 10 years, No. (%)

980 (30.2)

531 (10.0)

318 (6.0)

131 (3.2)

 < 0.001

Sleep duration, hours/day

 6–8 h/day, No. (%)

2170 (71.3)

785 (67.7)

785 (71.5)

600 (75.4)

 < 0.001

 5–5.9 or 8.1–10 h/day, No. (%)

423 (14.8)

160 (14.5)

147 (13.8)

116 (16.5)

  < 5 or > 10 h/day, No. (%)

538 (13.9)

255 (17.8)

194 (14.7)

89 (8.1)

Body mass index c, kg/m2

29.1 (0.1)

31.4 (0.2)

29.4 (0.2)

25.8 (0.2)

 < 0.001

  < 18.5 kg/m2, No. (%)

47 (1.7)

29 (2.4)

13 (0.9)

5 (1.0)

 < 0.001

 18.5–24.9 kg/m2, No. (%)

790 (26.2)

63 (4.8)

283 (24.1)

444 (55.6)

 

 25.0–29.9 kg/m2, No. (%)

1109 (34.3)

507 (41.5)

406 (34.5)

196 (24.8)

 

  ≥ 30.0 kg/m2, No. (%)

1199 (38.1)

607 (51.2)

430 (40.4)

162 (18.6)

 

Age at interview c, years

62.7 (0.4)

63.1 (0.5)

63.1 (0.5)

61.9 (0.7)

0.245

Gender, No. (%)

 Male

1492 (43.1)

566 (44.6)

548 (44.1)

378 (39.9)

0.279

 Female

1653 (56.9)

640 (55.4)

584 (55.9)

429 (60.1)

Ethnicity, No. (%)

 Non-Hispanic white

2145 (86.5)

812 (84.9)

761 (86.7)

572 (88.3)

0.013

 Non-Hispanic black

451 (4.3)

198 (6.4)

162 (4.9)

91 (3.7)

 Mexican American

203 (2.4)

84 (2.8)

83 (2.8)

36 (1.5)

 Others

346 (5.9)

112 (5.8)

126 (5.6)

108 (6.6)

Education level, No. (%)

 Less than high school

638 (11.9)

328 (17.7)

225 (10.9)

85 (6.1)

 < 0.001

 High school or equivalent

712 (21.4)

294 (24.5)

282 (25.2)

136 (12.7)

 College or above

1794 (66.7)

584 (57.8)

624 (63.9)

586 (81.2)

Family income-to-poverty ratio, No. (%)

  < 1.3

656 (13.7)

317 (19.5)

236 (13.3)

103 (7.0)

 < 0.001

 1.3–3.5

1232 (37.3)

503 (42.1)

466 (39.1)

263 (29.0)

  > 3.5

1013 (49.0)

295 (38.3)

346 (47.6)

372 (64.0)

Prevalent diabetes, No. (%)

871 (22.6)

399 (29.0)

321 (24.5)

151 (12.4)

 < 0.001

Prevalent hypertension, No. (%)

2033 (58.6)

831 (64.0)

741 (61.4)

461 (48.3)

 < 0.001

Prevalent dyslipidemia, No. (%)

2437 (78.9)

974 (81.9)

868 (78.8)

595 (75.2)

 < 0.001

History of CVD, No. (%)

738 (18.7)

334 (22.8)

285 (20.2)

119 (11.6)

 < 0.001

Number of cancer types, No. (%)

 1

2820 (89.5)

1087 (90.0)

1003 (88.5)

730 (90.0)

0.342

 2

284 (9.3)

104 (8.8)

109 (9.6)

71 (9.4)

  ≥ 3

39 (1.3)

15 (1.3)

19 (1.8)

5 (0.6)

Age at cancer first diagnosed, years

  < 40 years, No. (%)

613 (24.0)

251 (24.5)

211 (23.7)

151 (23.8)

0.252

 40–60 years, No. (%)

1249 (43.8)

454 (40.6)

470 (46.7)

325 (44.3)

  > 60 years, No. (%)

1283 (32.2)

501 (34.9)

451 (29.7)

331 (31.9)

  1. PHQ Patient Health Questionnaire, CVD cardiovascular disease, HEI healthy eating index, LTPA leisure time physical activity
  2. aData analyses were based on weighted estimates with sample weights provided by NHANES
  3. bMental health was assessed by a 9-item depression screening instrument, the PHQ-9. The cut-off of 5–9 and ≥ 10 was used to define the presence of mild and major depression, respectively
  4. cData are presented as weighted mean (standard error)