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. 2008 Dec 18;106(3):911–918. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91201.2008

Table 1.

Effect of physical activity and regulated energy on final body weight and the carcinogenic response in the mammary gland

Treatment Carcinogenic Response
Final Body Weight, g Total Food Intake, g
Incidence, % Multiplicity, number per rat Latency, days
Sedentary control 92.6 3.44±0.47 41 (38, 44) 215±3.6 635±11
Regulated energy 77.8* 2.11±0.38* 46 (43, 49)* 197±3.5* 532±8*
Physically active 66.7* 1.62±0.31* 45 (42, 47)* 199±3.5* 569±10*
Overall P value 0.06 0.006 0.022 <0.001 <0.001

Final body weight values are expressed as means ± SE. Carcinogenic response values are expressed as percentages for cancer incidence, as means ± SE (n =27/group) for cancer multiplicity, and as mean time to first palpable mammary tumor histologically confirmed to be an adenocarcinoma (with 95% confidence intervals) for cancer latency.

*

P < 0.05 compared with sedentary control.

P < 0.05 compared with regulated energy.