Table 2. Vigorous exercise at baseline in relation to incidence of breast cancer overall and ER+ and ER- breast cancer.
| All breast cancer | ER+ breast cancer | ER- breast cancer | |||||
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| hrs/wk | Cases | Person years | IRR* (95% CI) | Cases | IRR (95% CI) | Cases | IRR (95% CI) |
| < 1 | 773 | 313,900 | 1.00 (Ref.) | 382 | 1.00 (Ref.) | 228 | 1.00 (Ref.) |
| 1 | 117 | 62,939 | 0.85 (0.70, 1.03) | 59 | 0.86 (0.66, 1.14) | 35 | 0.83 (0.58, 1.18) |
| 2 | 149 | 67,081 | 0.99 (0.83, 1.19) | 76 | 1.00 (0.78, 1.29) | 45 | 1.00 (0.72, 1.38) |
| 3-4 | 159 | 77,243 | 0.94 (0.79, 1.12) | 84 | 0.98 (0.77, 1.25) | 45 | 0.88 (0.63, 1.22) |
| 5-6 | 69 | 35,793 | 0.89 (0.69, 1.14) | 36 | 0.92 (0.65, 1.30) | 23 | 0.97 (0.63, 1.50) |
| ≥ 7 | 63 | 39,593 | 0.74 (0.57, 0.96) | 32 | 0.75 (0.52, 1.09) | 22 | 0.85 (0.55, 1.33) |
| P trend = 0.05 | P trend= 0.28 | P trend=0.43 | |||||
IRRs adjusted for age (single year), time period (questionnaire cycle), years of education (≤12, 13-15, 16, ≥17), parity (0, 1, 2, ≥3), vegetable/fruit dietary pattern (quintiles), and meat/fried foods dietary pattern (quintiles)