Longitudinal changes in sports activity from pre-diagnosis to first five years post-diagnosis: a prospective Chinese breast cancer cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To compare change in level of physical activity between pre-and post- diagnosis of breast cancer in Chinese women.

Methods

Based on an on-going prospective study consisting of a sample of Chinese women with breast cancer, a validated modified Chinese Baecke questionnaire was used to measure physical activity at baseline (12 months before cancer diagnosis), 18-, 36- and 60-months after diagnosis (over the previous 12 months before each interview).

Results

In our cohort of 1462 Chinese women with a mean age of 52 years, the mean level of physical activity at post-diagnosis was 9.6 metabolic equivalent of task (MET)-hours/week, which was significantly higher than that at pre-diagnosis with mean level of 5.9 MET-hours/week (P < 0.001). The mean levels of physic

SUBMITTER: Lei YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574482 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature