Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 125, Issue 4, Pages 902-908Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24326
Keywords
physical activity; exercise; prostate cancer; cohort
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Funding
- Europe Against Cancer Programe of the European Commission (SANCO)
- Danish Cancer Society
- Danish Medical Research Counsil
- Danish Graduate School in Public Health
- German Cancer Aid
- Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer
- 3M Company
- INSERM
- German Cancer Research Center
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports
- National Cancer Registry
- Regional Cancer Registries Amsterdam
- East and Maastricht of The Netherlands
- Norwegian Cancer Society
- Norwegian Research Council
- Health Research Fund (FIS), Spanish Ministry of Health
- Greek Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity
- Hellenic Health Foundation
- Italian Association for Research on Cancer
- Cornpagnia di San Paolo, Italy
- Spanish Regional Governments of Andalucia, Asturias, Basque Country
- Murcia and Navarra
- ISCIII Red de Centros RCESP, Spain [C03/09]
- Swedish Scientific Council. Regional Government of Skane. Sweden
- Cancer Research UK
- Medical Research Council, UK
- Stroke Association. UK
- British Heart Foundation
- Department of Health, UK
- Food Standards Agency, UK
- Wellcome Trust, UK
- University of Sydney
- Cancer Institute
- NSW, Australia
- Alberta Heritage Foundation
- Medical Research Council [MC_U106179471, G0401527, G0501019] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0501019] Funding Source: UKRI
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The evidence concerning the possible association between physical activity and the risk of prostate cancer is inconsistent and additional data are needed. We examined the association between risk of prostate cancer and physical activity at work and in leisure time in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. In our study, including 127,923 men aged 20-97 years from 8 European countries, 2,458 cases of prostate cancer were identified during 8.5 years of followup. Using the Cox proportional hazards model, we investigated the associations between prostate cancer incidence rate and occupational activity and leisure time activity in terms of participation in sports, cycling, walking and gardening; a metabolic equivalent (MET) score based on weekly time spent on the 4 activities; and a physical activity index. MET hours per week of leisure time activity, higher score in the physical activity index, participation in any of the 4 leisure time activities, and the number of leisure time activities in which the participants were active were not associated with prostate cancer incidence. However, higher level of occupational physical activity was associated with lower risk of advanced stage prostate cancer (p(trend) = 0.024). In conclusion, our data support the hypothesis of an inverse association between advanced prostate cancer risk and occupational physical activity, but we found no support for an association between prostate cancer risk and leisure time physical activity. (C) 2009 UICC
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