Simultaneous exercise stress cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiopulmonary exercise testing to elucidate the Fick components of aerobic exercise capacity: a feasibility and reproducibility study and pilot study in hematologic cancer survivors

Table 3 Baseline Characteristics comparing patients with hematologic malignancies to matched-healthy Controls

Variable	Healthy Controls (n = 6)	Patients with Cancer (n = 6)	P-value
Age, years	58 [43–64]	59 [49–63]	0.818
Sex			1.000
Female	2 (33%)	2 (33%)
Male	4 (67%)	4 (67%)
Race			0.455
Caucasian	6 (100%)	4 (67%)
African-American	0 (0%)	2 (33%)
Weight, kg	75.9 [70.4–89.6]	86.7 [76.0–95.0]	0.240
BMI, kg/m²	27.0 [25.0-27.2]	26.9 [25.5–30.4]	0.485
BSA, m²	1.86 [1.79–2.12]	2.07 [1.88–2.13]	0.589
Karnofsky Status, %	100 [100–100]	90 [80–90]	0.024
HCT-Comorbidity Index	0 [0–0]	3.5 [2.8-5.0]	0.024
Hemoglobin, g/dL	14.3 [13.0-14.8]	12.7 [8.7–14.2]	0.247
NCCN Fatigue scale, 0–10	0 [0–0]	5.5 [4.4-7.0]	0.024
FACIT-F Fatigue Scale	52.0 [50.3–52.0]	21.0 [19.0-38.3]	0.002
IPAQ, MET/min/week	2333 [780–3942]	1184 [248–1873]	0.240

Data are presented as median [interquartile range] or number (%). Bold values indicate P < 0.05.
Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; BSA = body surface area; FACIT-F = Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue; HCT = hematopoietic cell transplant; IPAQ = International Physical Activity Questionnaire; MET/min/week = metabolic equivalents of task per minute per week; NCCN = National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

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