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. 2022 Dec 12;19:150. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01390-1

Table 2.

Associations between daily total physical activity and cancer incidence among 52,938 participants

Cause of incidence Physical activity P-trend per 1-SD increment
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total Cancers
No of events 1263 868 694 710
HR (95% CI) 1.00 0.96 (0.88, 1.05) 0.88 (0.80, 0.97) 0.89 (0.81, 0.99) 0.009 0.95 (0.92, 0.98)
Stomach Cancer
No of events 281 163 157 157
HR (95% CI) 1.00 0.93 (0.77, 1.14) 1.02 (0.82, 1.25) 0.95 (0.77, 1.18) 0.957 0.99 (0.92, 1.08)
Lung Cancer
No of events 279 165 121 135
HR (95% CI) 1.00 0.86 (0.71, 1.06) 0.71 (0.57, 0.90) 0.75 (0.60, 0.94) 0.004 0.89 (0.82, 0.96)
Colorectal Cancer
No of events 175 124 68 75
HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.03 (0.81, 1.31) 0.67 (0.50, 0.90) 0.74 (0.55, 1.00) 0.007 0.86 (0.77, 0.96)
Liver Cancer
No of events 120 76 72 60
HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.04 (0.77, 1.40) 1.08 (0.78, 1.48) 0.82 (0.58, 1.15) 0.364 0.95 (0.84, 1.06)
Oesophagus Cancer
No of events 86 47 39 45
HR (95% CI) 1.00 0.92 (0.63, 1.33) 0.82 (0.55, 1.24) 0.84 (0.56, 1.27) 0.384 0.94 (0.81, 1.08)
Breast Cancer (female only)
No of events 56 67 52 41
HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.08 (0.75, 1.56) 0.94 (0.63, 1.41) 0.87 (0.56, 1.33) 0.265 0.91 (0.78, 1.07)

Multivariate models were stratified by age (5 years intervals) and adjusted for: sex, education, marital status, alcohol intake, smoking status, fresh fruit intake, red meat intake, and BMI