Physical activity, body weight, and pancreatic cancer mortality
Open Access
- 4 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 88 (5), 679-683
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600782
Abstract
In a study of 32 687 subjects with data on physical activity and body mass index (BMI) collected serially over time, we examined associations with pancreatic cancer mortality (n=212). Despite plausible biologic mechanisms, neither physical activity (multivariate relative risks for increasing levels: 1.00, 0.98, 0.92, and 1.31, respectively) nor BMI (corresponding findings: 1.00, 0.84, 1.08, and 0.99, respectively) significantly predicted pancreatic cancer mortality.Keywords
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