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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Oct 2;23(12):1939–1948. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-0071-2

Table 2.

Association between colorectal cancer-specific mortality and all-cause mortality across pre-diagnostic levels of total recreational physical activity and body mass index

Colorectal Cancer-Specific Mortality All-cause Mortality

Deaths/
Cases
Crude
adjusteda
HR (95% CI)
Multivariable-
adjustedb
HR (95% CI)
Deaths/
Cases
Crude
adjusteda
HR (95% CI)
Multivariable-
adjustedb
HR (95% CI)
Total MET-hours/week physical activity from recreational activities and walking at baseline**
   0 34/234 1.00 1.00 53/234 1.00 1.00
   >0–2.9 24/166 1.06 (0.63–1.78) 0.98 (0.58–1.66) 36/166 1.02 (0.67–1.56) 0.93 (0.61–1.43)
   3.0–8.9 50/350 1.03 (0.67–1.60) 1.01 (0.65–1.57) 81/350 1.04 (0.73–1.47) 1.01 (0.71–1.43)
   9.0–17.9 34/312 0.85 (0.54–1.34) 0.74 (0.46–1.20) 54/312 0.76 (0.52–1.11) 0.77 (0.52–1.12)
   ≥18.0 29/277 0.69 (0.42–1.12) 0.68 (0.41–1.13) 41/277 0.61 (0.41–0.92) 0.63 (0.42–0.96)
Ptrend 0.08 0.08 0.006 0.02
BMI, kg/m2 at baselinec
   18.5–24.9 53/412 1.00 1.00 77/412 1.00 1.00
   25.0–29.9 51/472 0.82 (0.56–1.21) 0.77 (0.52–1.13) 84/472 0.90 (0.66–1.23) 0.84 (0.61–1.14)
   ≥30.0 67/455 1.21 (0.84–1.74) 1.17 (0.80–1.70) 104/455 1.28 (0.95–1.73) 1.19 (0.88–1.62)
Ptrend 0.27 0.39 0.08 0.22
a

Adjusted for age and study arm

b

Adjusted for age at diagnosis, study arm, BMI, tumor stage, ethnicity, education, alcohol, smoking, and hormone therapy use

c

Also adjusted for pre-diagnostic physical activity