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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2023 Aug 31;41(32):4982–4992. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00058

Table 2.

Pan-Cancer Cumulative Incidence of All-Cause Mortality and Cause-Specific Mortality by Exercise Classification

Cumulative Incidence (95% Confidence Interval)
Outcome by Exercise Status1 5 Years 10 Years 15 Years 20 Years
All-Cause Mortality
 Non-exercisers 22% (20%, 25%) 38% (36%, 40%) 53% (51%, 55%) 68% (66%, 69%)
 Exercisers 15% (12%, 18%) 25% (22%, 28%) 38% (35%, 40%) 52% (50%, 55%)
Cancer Mortality
 Non-exercisers 16% (14%, 18%) 23% (21%, 26%) 29% (27%, 31%) 33% (31%, 35%)
 Exercisers 12% (9.6%, 16%) 18% (15%, 21%) 23% (20%, 26%) 27% (24%, 30%)
Other Mortality
 Non-exercisers 6.4% (5.3%, 7.7%) 14% (13%, 16%) 25% (23%, 26%) 35% (33%, 37%)
 Exercisers 2.4% (1.5%, 3.8%) 7.1% (5.9%, 8.5%) 15% (13%, 16%) 25% (23%, 27%)

Definitions.

1

Exercisers: moderate-intensity exercise >=4 days per week, with each session, on average, >=30 minutes in duration and/or strenuous-intensity exercise >=2 days per week, with each session, on average, >=20 minutes in duration; and (2) Non-exercisers: any exercise below the criteria for meeting national guidelines, including patients reporting 0 days of exercise per week