Effect of supervised exercise on aerobic capacity in cancer survivors: Adherence and workload predict variance in effect

Table 4 Subgroup analyses

Subgroup category	Subgroup	No. studies	Mean Difference in	P value between	No. studies	Standardized mean	P value between
			mL/kg per minute (95%CI)	subgroups		difference (95%CI)	subgroups
Level of exercise supervision	Group Exercise Class	3	1.77 (0.04, 3.51)	P = 0.07	4	0.36 (0.17, 0.56)	P = 0.003
	Individual Exercise	11	3.53 (2.64, 4.43)		14	0.87 (0.60, 1.15)
Treatment status	On Treatment	5	2.59 (0.7, 4.48)	P = 0.26	9	0.56 (0.32, 0.81)	P = 0.11
	Off Treatment	9	3.74 (3.06, 4.42)		9	0.92 (0.56, 1.29)
Cancer tumor group	Breast	8	2.41 (1.5, 3.31)		10	0.64 (0.34, 0.88)
	Hematologic	3	5.08 (4.01, 6.16)		3	1.55 (1.09, 2.02)
	Lung	1	2.10 (-1.36, 5.56)	P = 0.002	1	0.48 (-0.34, 1.30)	P = 0.0002
	Mixed Cancers	3	3.17 (1.34, 5.0)		4	0.41 (0.21, 0.61)