Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle in Patients With Hematological Cancer Treated With Monoclonal Antibodies as a Monotherapy or Combination Therapy (Immunochemotherapy): A Comparative Study With Healthy Individuals

07 June 2026 : Clinical Research

Małgorzata Pudełek^{BCDEF 1*}, Jarosław Dybko

^{E 1}, Iwona Malicka

^{ACDE 2}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.952307

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e952307

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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the groups.

Variable	Adults 18–64 years			Adults ≥65 years
Variable	Study group	Reference group	P value*	Study group	Reference group	P value*
n	82	107	–	73	30	–
Age, [years]; Median (IQR)	47.00 (18.00)	52.00 (23.00)	0.21	71.00 (7.00)	69.00 (5,99)	0.17
BMI, [kg/m]; Median (IQR)	24.96 (6.45)	25.90 (5.57)	0.39	25.99 (4.34)	29.06 (7.10)	0.009^*
Sex, n (%)						0.95
Female	51.22	42.06	0.21	47.22	46.67
Male	48.78	57.94		52.78	53.33
Education, n (%)			0.48			0.35
Primary/vocational	19.51	16.82		36.67	35.21
Secondary	34.15	28.04		46.67	35.21
Higher education	46.34	55.14		16.67	29.58
Marital status, n (%)			0.07			0.29
Single/widowed/divorced	17.07	28.04		33.80	23.33
Married/cohabiting	82.93	71.96		66.20	76.67
Residential status, n (%)						0.39
Village	32.93	30.84	0.76	28.27	36.67
Town/city	67.07	69.16	0.76	71.83	63.33
Employment, n (%)						0.025^*
Employed	59.76	90.65	<0.0001^*	5.56	20.00
Unemployed/retired	40.24	9.35	<0.0001^*	94.44	80.00
IQR – interquartile range; BMI – body mass index; ^* Mann-Whitney U test; χ, chi-square test;

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