Daily Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity and Its Preventive Effect on Pancreatic Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There has been accumulating evidence for the preventive effect of high physical activity on cancer. However, it is still unclear which level of physical activity is associated with the decreased risk of pancreatic cancer. The purpose of current study is to assess the association between the frequency of vigorous intensity physical activity and the risk of pancreatic cancer.

Materials and methods

The nationwide retrospective cohort study was conducted using the National Health Information Database. Study participants were 220,357 Koreans who received health check-up in 2009. They were divided into four groups by the weekly frequency of vigorous intensity physical activity longer than 20 minutes (group 1, no vigorous intensity physical activity (reference); group 2, 1-

SUBMITTER: Park SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296946 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature