Table 2.
Results of meta-analysis of physical activity and lung cancer
| Activity level† | Total (11 studies)
|
Men (7 studies)
|
Women (4 studies)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | Q | Pub Bias* | OR Bias* | 95% CI | Q | Pub | OR | 95% CI | Q | Pub Bias* | |
| Moderate | 0.87 | 0.79–0.95 | 12.33 | 0.16 | 0.93 | 0.85–1.00 | 5.71 | 0.44 | 0.77 | 0.66–0.89 | 1.95 | 0.73 |
| High | 0.70 | 0.62–0.79 | 12.26 | 0.61 | 0.75 | 0.66–0.86 | 3.68 | 0.39 | 0.62 | 0.48–0.79 | 5.73 | 0.99 |
| Trend |
0.00 |
0.01 | 0.01 | |||||||||
| Results of meta-analysis of physical activity and lung cancer. Validated questionnaires studies | ||||||||||||
| Activity level† | Total (4 studies)
|
Men (3 studies)
|
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| OR | 95% CI | Q | Pub Bias* | OR | 95% CI | Q | Pub Bias* | |||||
| Moderate | 0.79 | 0.68–0.93 | 0.78 | 0.44 | 0.79 | 0.66–0.93 | 0.60 | 0.78 | ||||
| High | 0.70 | 0.58–0.85 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.70 | 0.57–0.85 | 0.12 | 0.29 | ||||
*
p-value of test for publication bias (Egger et al., 1997).
†
Reference category: low level of physical activity.