Journal article
Objectively assessed physical activity, sedentary time and waist circumference among prostate cancer survivors: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2003-2006)
BM Lynch, DW Dunstan, E Winkler, GN Healy, E Eakin, N Owen
European Journal of Cancer Care | Published : 2011
Abstract
Physical activity is well-established on the cancer survivorship research agenda, but prostate cancer survivors remain an understudied population. Additionally, the unique relationships between sedentary time and health outcomes have not yet been considered in this group. We examined the associations of accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sedentary time with waist circumference in 103 prostate cancer survivors from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004 and 2005-2006. Participants wore an Actigraph accelerometer for 7 days, and activity levels were summarised as moderate-to-vigorous intensity activity (accelerometer counts/minute ≥1952), light-intensity activ..
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Awarded by National Heart Foundation of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank Dr Charles Matthews (Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute) for the provision of, and expertise relating to, the accelerometer data reduction syntax. This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant #301200 (to NO); a Queensland Health Core Research infrastructure grant (to NO); Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Public Health Research Fellowship (to DD); National Health and Medical Research Council #56981 and National Heart Foundation of Australia PH 08B 3905 Postdoctoral Fellowship (to GH); and National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship #511001 (to EE).