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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Mar 16;56(9):2678–2687. doi: 10.1007/s10620-011-1641-y

Table 6.

Association of physical activity with any adenoma

Parameter Any adenoma/
no adenoma
Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusteda
OR (95% CI)
Total PAS-M (kcal/kg/week)
  1st tertile (<120) 68/63 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
  2nd tertile (120–200) 48/82 0.54 (0.33, 0.89) 0.57 (0.32, 1.0)
  3rd tertile (≥200) 42/89 0.44 (0.27, 0.72) 0.46 (0.26, 0.84)
 P-value for trend 0.001 0.01
Moderate PAS-M (kcal/kg/week)
  1st tertile (<22) 54/73 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
  2nd tertile (22–67) 60/76 1.1 (0.66, 1.7) 1.2 (0.65, 2.1)
  3rd tertile (≥67) 44/84 0.71 (0.43, 1.2) 0.77 (0.41, 1.4)
 P-value for trend 0.18 0.38
TES-M (kcal/day)
  1st tertile (<2,027) 65/67 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
  2nd tertile (2.027–2.643) 49/80 0.63 (0.39, 1.0) 0.69 (0.39, 1.2)
  3rd tertile (≥2,643) 44/87 0.52 (0.32, 0.86) 0.58 (0.32, 1.1)
 P-value for trend 0.01 0.08
PAS-P (kcal/kg/week)
  1st tertile (<5.6) 46/82 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
  2nd tertile (5.6–13.8) 64/71 1.6 (0.98, 2.6) 2.6 (1.4, 4.7)
  3rd tertile (≥13.8) 49/82 1.1 (0.64, 1.8) 1.4 (0.76, 2.7)
 P-value for trend 0.82 0.33

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PAS-M Morgenstern physical activity score, TES-M Morgenstern total energy score, PAS-P Paffenbarger physical activity score

a

Adjusted for waist circumference, age, tobacco use, first degree family history of colorectal cancer, and indication of colonoscopy