Journal article
Sedentary behavior and prostate cancer risk in the NIH-AARP diet and health study
BM Lynch, CM Friedenreich, KA Kopciuk, AR Hollenbeck, SC Moore, CE Matthews
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention | Published : 2014
Abstract
Sedentary behavior (sitting time) has been proposed as an independent risk factor for some cancers; however, its role in the development of prostate cancer has not been determined.Weexamined the prospective associations of self-reported daily sitting time and daily television/video viewing time with the risk of developing or dying from prostate cancer among 170,481 men in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. We estimatedHRsand95%confidence intervals (CI) using Cox proportional hazards regression. Between 1996 and 2006, there were 13,751 incident (including 1,365 advanced) prostate cancer cases identified; prostate cancer mortality (through 2008) was 669.Nostrong or significant association wit..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the AARP and the Intramural Research Programof the NIH, National Cancer Institute. Brigid M. Lynch is funded by a Public Health Training Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (586727) and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Christine M. Friedenreich is funded by an Alberta Innovates- Health Solutions Health Senior Scholar Award, and is the Alberta Cancer Foundation Weekend to End Women's Cancers Breast Cancer Chair.