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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2009;61(4):457–465. doi: 10.1080/01635580902718941

Table 3.

Risk of pancreatic cancer in relation to physical activity in a population-based case-control study of pancreatic cancer in Minnesota, 1994-1998

Quartile
P trenda
Physical activity (hrs/week) First Second Third Fourth
Light
 Median 10 20 30 45
 Cases/controls 53/122 45/184 28/132 25/115
 OR1 (95% CI)b 1.00 0.60 (0.37, 0.97) 0.52 (0.30, 0.89) 0.53 (0.30, 0.93) 0.026
 OR2 (95% CI)c 1.00 0.64 (0.39, 1.03) 0.55 (0.32, 0.95) 0.55 (0.30, 0.97) 0.038
Moderate
 Median 3 12 20 31
 Cases/controls 53/128 36/169 36/124 26/132
 OR1 (95% CI)b 1.00 0.50 (0.30, 0.83) 0.72 (0.42, 1.23) 0.50 (0.28, 0.90) 0.058
 OR2 (95% CI)c 1.00 0.51 (0.31, 0.86) 0.75 (0.43, 1.28) 0.51 (0.28, 0.93) 0.073
Heavy
 Median 0 1 3 10
 Cases/controls 57/232 16/32 45/163 33/126
 OR1 (95% CI)b 1.00 2.04 (1.00, 4.06) 1.22 (0.74, 1.99) 1.07 (0.60, 1.90) 0.81
 OR2 (95% CI)c 1.00 2.16 (1.05, 4.33) 1.29 (0.78, 2.13) 1.18 (0.66, 2.11) 0.97
Total
 Median 18 35 57 77
 Cases/controls 55/133 32/143 30/138 34/139
 OR1 (95% CI)b 1.00 0.51 (0.30, 0.85) 0.53 (0.31, 0.90) 0.60 (0.35, 1.04) 0.071
 OR2 (95% CI)c 1.00 0.54 (0.32, 0.91) 0.56 (0.32, 0.95) 0.62 (0.35, 1.09) 0.09
a

Linear trend across quartiles.

b

Adjusted for age, sex, race, education, cigarette smoking, and alcohol intake.

c

Additionally adjusted for intakes of energy, fat, fiber, fruits, and vegetables.