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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer Prev. 2018 Jul;27(4):331–338. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000351

Table 2.

Hazard Ratios and 95% CIs for the Association Between Sitting Time, Total Physical Activity, and Risk of Colorectal, Rectal, and Colon Cancer

Sitting Time (hrs/day) Physical Activity (MET-hrs/week)

≤ 5 5.1–9.9 ≥ 10 p trend Inactive (≤1.7) Low (1.8–7.4) Medium (7.5–20) High (>20) p trend
Colorectal
 Cases 365 516 264 249 430 282 184
 Person-yrs 336,659 410,944 252,054 171,432 350,331 212,285 265,607
 Age-adjusted 1.00 1.11 (0.97–1.28) 1.22 (1.01–1.47) 0.04 1.00 0.88 (0.73–1.06) 0.81 (0.68–0.96) 0.69 (0.57–0.84) <0.001
 MV-adjusted 1.00 1.11 (0.97–1.28) 1.15 (0.95–1.40) 0.16 1.00 0.94 (0.78–1.14) 0.92 (0.77–1.10) 0.81 (0.66–1.00) 0.04
 MV + BMI & DM 1.00 1.10 (0.95–1.26) 1.12 (0.92–1.35) 0.29 1.00 0.96 (0.80–1.16) 0.96 (0.80–1.15) 0.87 (0.71–1.07) 0.15
Rectal
 Cases 62 93 47 29 78 57 38
 Age-adjusted 1.00 1.13 (0.81–1.57) 1.11 (0.71–1.73) 0.67 1.00 0.90 (0.59–1.37) 0.80 (0.54–1.18) 0.39 (0.24–0.65) <0.0001
 MV-adjusted 1.00 1.10 (0.79–1.53) 0.97 (0.61–1.53) 0.85 1.00 0.95 (0.62–1.45) 0.87 (0.58–1.32) 0.44 (0.26–0.74) <0.001
 MV + BMI & DM 1.00 1.08 (0.78–1.51) 0.94 (0.59–1.48) 0.74 1.00 0.97 (0.64–1.49) 0.92 (0.61–1.39) 0.47 (0.28–0.80) 0.001
Colon
 Cases 311 432 221 221 357 235 151
 Age-adjusted 1.00 1.11 (0.96–1.29) 1.23 (1.00–1.50) 0.05 1.00 0.89 (0.73–1.10) 0.81 (0.67–0.98) 0.75 (0.61–0.92) <0.01
 MV-adjusted 1.00 1.12 (0.96–1.30) 1.17 (0.95–1.45) 0.14 1.00 0.96 (0.78–1.18) 0.92 (0.75–1.12) 0.89 (0.71–1.11) 0.31
 MV + BMI & DM 1.00 1.10 (0.95–1.28) 1.14 (0.92–1.40) 0.25 1.00 0.99 (0.80–1.21) 0.96 (0.79–1.18) 0.95 (0.76–1.19) 0.65

MV model: Race, education, total caloric intake, fiber intake, calcium intake, vitamin D intake, red meat intake, alcohol, hormone replacement therapy, income, marital status, smoking, family history of CRC, CRC screening, aspirin, multivitamin use, physical activity (ST model), and sitting time (PA model)