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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Aug 7;23(11):2522–2531. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0448

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

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)