Physical activity and head and neck cancer risk
| Autor: | Yikyung Park, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Christian C. Abnet, Corinna Koebnick, Albert R. Hollenbeck, Neal D. Freedman, Arthur Schatzkin, Michael F. Leitzmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Larynx Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Alcohol Drinking Motor Activity Article Cohort Studies Sex Factors Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine Epidemiology Confidence Intervals medicine Humans Prospective Studies Registries Prospective cohort study Life Style Aged Proportional Hazards Models Gynecology business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Smoking Head and neck cancer Pharynx Reproducibility of Results Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease United States medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Head and Neck Neoplasms Relative risk Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Cancer Causes & Control. 19:1391-1399 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7225 0957-5243 |
| Popis: | To investigate the relation of physical activity to head and neck cancer. We prospectively examined the association between physical activity and head and neck cancer in 487,732 men and women, who, at baseline in 1995–1996, were 50–71 years old and free of cancer and emphysema. Follow-up occurred through 31 December 2003. During follow-up, 1,249 participants developed head and neck cancer, of which 42.0%, 18.9%, and 32.5% were located in the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx, respectively. In analyses adjusted for age and gender, the relative risks (RR) of head and neck cancer for increasing frequency of physical activity (0 |
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