ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2019
Risk of lung cancer and physical activity by smoking status and body mass index, the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study.
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- Physical activity and risk of lung cancer: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2023Article
- Evaluating risk factors for lung cancer among never-smoking individuals using two Australian studies.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2022Article
- Life-Course Trajectories of Physical Activity and Melanoma Risk in a Large Cohort of Norwegian Women.Clinical epidemiology · 2022Article
- Physical activity in Sami and non-Sami populations in rural Northern Norway, the SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Objectives, design and main findings until 2020 from the Rotterdam Study.European journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Association Between Physical Activity and Lower Risk of Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Article
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Abstract
We aimed to investigate physical activity (PA) and risk of different histological subtypes of lung cancer according to smoking status and body mass index using repeated measurements in a large cohort of women in Norway. The study sample for the multiple imputation analyses consisted of 86,499 and for the complete-case analysis 80,802 women. Repeated measurements of PA level, smoking habits, weight, and height were available for 54,691 women (63.2%), who were included in repeated measurement analyses combined with multiple imputation to address attrition. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to calculate hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals. During a median follow-up of 12.9 years, 866 cases of primary lung cancer were identified. We found an inverse association between PA and lung cancer overall. The results were consistent from multiple imputed data analysis to complete-case analysis of PA and possible confounders. We observed a similar trend for adenocarcinoma, but not for squamous cell or small cell carcinomas. Our findings suggest a more pronounced association between lung cancer overall and PA levels in current and former smokers, and in normal-weight and overweight participants with increasing PA levels. The potential of a modifiable lifestyle factor as PA to reduce the risk of lung cancer independently of smoking status is important in public health.
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