Dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on body composition among colon cancer survivors: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of disease recurrence among colon cancer survivors. Excess visceral adipose tissue is associated with a higher risk of disease recurrence among colon cancer survivors. The pathways through which physical activity may alter disease outcomes are unknown, but may be mediated by changes in visceral adipose tissue.

Methods

Thirty-nine stage I-III colon cancer survivors were randomised to one of three groups: usual-care control, 150 min wk^-1 of aerobic exercise (low dose) and 300 min wk^-1 of aerobic exercise (high dose) for 6 months. The prespecified key body composition outcome was visceral adipose tissue quantified using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Results

Exercise reduced visceral ad

SUBMITTER: Brown JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729439 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature