Journal article
Occupational and leisure-time physical activity and risk of colon cancer by subsite
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.48(3), pp.236-243
03/2006
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000199521.72764.26
PMID: 16531827
Abstract
Studies of physical activity and colon cancer risk by anatomic site have provided inconsistent results.
We analyzed data from a population-based case-control study conducted in Iowa involving 685 colon cancer cases and 2434 control subjects.
Among those who reported recreational activity more than twice per week, a 30% risk reduction of colon cancer was observed for all sites with a 40% risk reduction for cancer of the right colon. Occupational physical activity was also associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer. The risk was the lowest for those with both high occupational and recreational physical activity (odds ratio, 0.5; 95% confidence interval, 0.3-0.8).
Increased physical activity was inversely associated with colon cancer risk. The inverse associations were stronger for the right than for the left colon.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Occupational and leisure-time physical activity and risk of colon cancer by subsite
- Creators
- Yawei Zhang - Yale UniversityKenneth P CantorMustafa DosemeciCharles F LynchYong ZhuTongzhang Zheng
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.48(3), pp.236-243
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.jom.0000199521.72764.26
- PMID
- 16531827
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2006
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983995137502771
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