Physical Activity and Cancer Status Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relative contributions of demographic and lifestyle behaviors to the association between physical activity (PA) and cancer are poorly understood. This study assesses the relationship between PA level and cancer status considering the full activity spectrum within a large and representative Chinese population.

Methods

Data were derived from the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (using four-stage stratified probability-proportional-to-size sampling), including 416 cancer survivors and 14,574 individuals without cancer from 28 provinces in China. Cancer status and sites were self-reported, and PA, other health behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking) and comorbidities (e.g., hypertension, diabetes) were assessed by a questionnaire. The total PA score wa

SUBMITTER: Zhu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830231 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature