Amount and intensity of physical activity and risk of incident cancer in the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The influence of total daily and light intensity activity on cancer risk remains unclear, as most existing knowledge is drawn from studies relying on self-reported leisure-time activities of moderate-vigorous intensity.

Objective

To investigate associations between total daily activity, including step counts, and activity intensity on incident cancer risk.

Design setting and participants

Prospective analysis of cancer-free UK Biobank participants who wore accelerometers for 7-days (between 2013-2015), followed for cancer incidence through national registries (mean follow-up 5.8 years (SD=1.3)).

Exposures

Time-series machine learning models derived daily total activity (average acceleration), behaviour time, step counts, and peak 30-minute cadence fro

SUBMITTER: Shreves AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10760289 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature