The associations of sitting time and physical activity on total and site-specific cancer incidence: Results from the HUNT study, Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sedentary behavior is thought to pose different risks to those attributable to physical inactivity. However, few studies have examined the association between physical activity and sitting time with cancer incidence within the same population.

Methods

We followed 38,154 healthy Norwegian adults in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) for cancer incidence from 1995-97 to 2014. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate risk of site-specific and total cancer incidence by baseline sitting time and physical activity.

Results

During the 16-years follow-up, 4,196 (11%) persons were diagnosed with cancer. We found no evidence that people who had prolonged sitting per day or had low levels of physical activity had an increased risk of total cancer i

SUBMITTER: Rangul V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198967 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature