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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 6. Vigorous exercise together with combined sitting watching TV and sitting at work in 1995 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 Exercise Hrs/day Sitting Cases Person years IRR (95% CI) Cases Person years IRR (95% CI) Cases Person years IRR (95% CI)
<1 <5 184 72,646 1.14 (0.78, 1.66) 98 72,546 0.89 (0.57, 1.42) 48 72,497 1.45 (0.65, 3.22)
<1 5-9 352 139,461 1.24 (0.87, 1.78) 180 139,268 0.93 (0.60, 1.45) 104 139,200 1.73 (0.80, 3.72)
<1 10+ 200 83,625 1.22 (0.84, 1.78) 86 83,495 0.79 (0.49, 1.26) 66 83,477 1.89 (0.86, 4.16)
1-4 <5 104 46,394 1.12 (0.75, 1.65) 60 46,346 0.94 (0.58, 1.52) 24 46,306 1.20 (0.51, 2.78)
1-4 5-9 206 101,305 1.11 (0.77, 1.61) 109 101,202 0.86 (0.55, 1.35) 59 101,154 1.46 (0.66, 3.19)
1-4 10+ 96 50,555 1.10 (0.74, 1.64) 41 50,496 0.69 (0.41, 1.16) 34 50,489 1.80 (0.79, 4.07)
5+ <5 33 16,824 1.00 (Ref.) 23 16,814 1.00 (Ref.) 7 16,792 1.00 (Ref.)
5+ 5-9 60 34,856 0.96 (0.63, 1.47) 27 34,816 0.63 (0.36, 1.10) 24 34,812 1.76 (0.76, 4.09)
5+ 10+ 29 20,177 0.85 (0.51, 1.40) 14 20,159 0.62 (0.32, 1.20) 9 20,154 1.18 (0.44, 3.18)
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IRRs adjusted for age (single year), time period (questionnaire cycle), BMI (<25, 25-29, ≥30 ), 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)