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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Supervised and home-based physical exercise in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma—a randomized controlled feasibility study

Patient characteristics

Total

N = 30

IG

n = 17

CG

n = 13

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

68 (12.2)

69 (9.7)

67 (15.3)

 Median (range)

69 (38–90)

68 (48–82)

70 (38–90)

Age groups, years (n (%))

 ≤ 49

3 (10)

1 (6)

2 (15)

 50–59

4 (13)

2 (12)

2 (15)

 60–69

9 (30)

7 (41)

2 (15)

 70–79

10 (33)

5 (29)

5 (38)

 80–89

3 (10)

2 (12)

1 (8)

 ≥ 90

1 (3)

0 (0)

1 (8)

Gender (n (%))

 Male

23 (77)

14 (82)

9 (69)

 Female

7 (23)

3 (18)

4 (31)

WHO performance status (n (%))

 0–1

25 (83)

13 (77)

12 (93)

 ≥ 2

5 (17)

4 (24)

1 (8)

Planned treatment (n (%))

 HDT-SCTa

18 (60)

10 (59)

8 (62)

 Not HDT-SCT

12 (40)

7 (41)

5 (38)

Bone disease, in general (n (%))

 No

10 (33)

3 (18)

7 (54)

 Yes

20 (67)

14 (82)

6 (46)

Bone disease with restriction for tests or exercise, n = 20 (n (%))

 No

10 (50)

9 (64)

1 (17)

 Yes

10 (50)

5 (36)

5 (83)

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