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Table 1 Demography. Men operated with open or robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy between 2008-2011 age ≤ 65 years old at 14 centers in Sweden. Divided into the four different categories of physical activitya

From: Physical activity before radical prostatectomy reduces sick leave after surgery - results from a prospective, non-randomized controlled clinical trial (LAPPRO)

 

Never

Sometimes

Often (3-4 times a week) (n = 466)

Daily or almost daily (5-7 times a week) (n = 403)

p-value

Missing

(n = 102)

(1-2 times a week) (n = 598)

Type of surgery

p = 0.271

2 (0.1 %)

 Open

27 (26.5 %)

151 (25.3 %)

107 (23.0 %)

112 (27.8 %)

  

 Robot-assisted

75 (73.5 %)

446 (74.6 %)

358 (76.8 %)

291 (72.2 %)

  

Preoperative characteristics

 Age, median

58 (37-64)

59 (39-64)

59 (39-64)

59 (39-64)

p = 0.330

2 (0.1 %)

Level of Education

0 = 0.001

0 (0 %)

 University

35 (34.3 %)

222 (37.1 %)

222 (47.6 %)

187 (46.4 %)

  

 Vocational school

13 (12.7 %)

73 (12.2 %)

48 (10.3 %)

32 (7.9 %)

  

 Secondary school

29 (28.4 %)

210 (35.1 %)

144 (30.9 %)

129 (32 %)

  

 Elementary school

24 (23.5 %)

91 (15.2 %)

47 (10.1 %)

52 (12.9 %)

  

 Other

1 (1 %)

2 (0.3 %)

5 (1.1 %)

3 (0.7 %)

  

BMI, median

27.1 (19-38)

26.3 (19-40)

26.2 (19-41)

25.7 (19-54)

p = 0.041

0 (0 %)

Smoking

p = 0.0005

13 (0.8 %)

 Non-smoker

38 (37.3)

237 (39.6 %)

230 (49.4 %)

171 (42.4 %)

  

 Former smoker

42 (41.2 %)

278 (46.5 %)

200 (42.9 %)

204 (50.6 %)

  

 Current smoker

15 (14.7 %)

56 (9 %)

30 (6.4 %)

19 (4.7 %)

  

Current snuff user

16 (15.7 %)

93 (15.6 %)

71 (15.2 %)

63 (15.6 %)

p = 0.996

11 (0.7 %)

High alcohol consumptionb

3 (2.9 %)

6 (1 %)

2 (0.4 %)

4 (1 %)

p = 0.121

17 (1.1 %)

American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) classification

p = 0.760

41 (2.6 %)

 I

67 (65.7 %)

421 (70.4 %)

336 (72.1 %)

295 (73.2 %)

  

 II

32 (31.4 %)

154 (25.8 %)

109 (23.4 %)

99 (24.6 %)

  

 III

2 (2.0 %)

3 (0.5 %)

6 (1.3 %)

1 (0.2 %)

  

Gleason score

p = 0.562

105 (6.7 %)

  < 7

54 (52.9 %)

314 (52.5 %)

245 (52.6 %)

198 (49.1 %)

  

  ≥ 7

42 (41.2 %)

238 (39.8 %)

192 (41.2 %)

173 (42.9 %)

  

Stroke

1 (1 %)

2 (0.3 %)

1 (0.2 %)

2 (0.5 %)

p = 0.774

10 (0.6 %)

Thromboembolic disease

1 (1 %)

8 (1.3 %)

6 (1.3 %)

5 (1.2 %)

p = 0.990

12 (0.8 %)

Neurologic disease

3 (2.9 %)

5 (0.8 %)

2 (0.4 %)

6 (1.5 %)

p = 0.245

11 (0.7 %)

Diabetes

4 (3.9 %)

28 (4.7 %)

20 (4.3 %)

17 (4.2 %)

p = 0.924

13 (0.8 %)

Hypertension

33 (32.4 %)

182 (30.4 %)

121 (26 %)

118 (29.3 %)

p = 0.269

11 (0.7 %)

Diagnosed depression

3 (2.9 %)

15 (2.5 %)

11 (2.4 %)

5 (1.2 %)

p = 0.363

16 (1.0 %)

Angina pectoris

0 (0 %)

9 (1.5 %)

7 (1.5 %)

3 (0.7 %)

p = 0.518

11 (0.7 %)

Long-term pain, unspecified

12 (11.8 %)

48 (8.0 %)

33 (7.1 %)

24 (6 %)

p = 0.472

15 (1 %)

Low or moderate subjective quality of lifec

62 (60.8 %)

314 (52.8 %)

217 (46.6 %)

174 (43.3 %)

p = 0.004

4 (0.3 %)

Low or moderate physical well-beingc

59 (58.4 %)

281 (47.2 %)

168 (36.1 %)

126 (31.5 %)

p < 0.0001

7 (0.4 %)

Low or moderate psychological well-beingc

60 (59.4 %)

333 (56.0 %)

227 (48.7)

177 (44.1 %)

p = 0.003

6 (0.4 %)

Decreased general physical capacityc

67 (65.7 %)

264 (44.4 %)

164 (35.2 %)

126 (31.3 %)

p < 0.0001

4 (0.3 %%)

Self assessment of current health status (median with range in parenthesis)d

80 (30-100)

83 (10-100)

85 (15-100)

90 (30-100)

p < 0.0001

27 (1.7 %)

  1. aUnless otherwise stated data is given as number with percentages or range in parenthesis. b Risk consumption of alcohol is defined as more than 15 glasses/week. cThe lowest five of seven possible categories. dOn a scale from 0-100. Categorical data were compared between groups using chi-square-tests, trends across groups were evaluated using Jonckheere-Terpstra’s test. Two sided p-values ≤0.05 were considered statistically significant