Relationships among Attention Function Exercise and Body Mass Index: A Comparison between Young Breast Cancer Survivors and Acquaintance Controls

摘要

ObjectiveAlthough regular physical activity is associated with lower all-cause and disease-specific mortality among breast cancer survivors (BCS), most BCS do not meet its recommended guidelines. Attention function, a domain of cognition, is essential for daily tasks such as exercising, a form of planned physical activity. We tested the hypotheses that lower self-reported attention function in BCS would be associated with less exercise and higher body-mass index (BMI) by comparing a group of 505 young BCS (45 years or younger at diagnosis and 3–8 years post-treatment) to 466 acquaintance controls (AC).