Salud Pública de México (Apr 2022)

Association between life-course leisure-time physical activity and prostate cancer

  • Ruth Argelia Vázquez-Salas,
  • Luisa Torres-Sánchez,
  • Marcia Galván-Portillo,
  • Lizbeth López-Carrillo,
  • Hortensia Moreno-Macías,
  • Francisco Rodríguez-Covarrubias,
  • Martín Romero-Martínez,
  • Miguel Ángel Jiménez-Ríos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21149/12540
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 2
pp. 169 – 178

Abstract

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Objective. To evaluate the association between life-course leisure-time physical activity (PA) and prostate cancer (PC) among males living in Mexico City. Materials and meth­ods. Information from 394 incident PC cases and 794 popula­tion controls matched by age (± 5 years), was analyzed. Using leisure-time PA information at different life stages, life-course PA patterns were constructed. The association between PA and PC was estimated using an unconditional logistic regres­sion model. Results. Three life-course PA patterns were identified: low PA (71.0%), moderate PA (22.0%), and high PA (7.0%); this last pattern was characterized by higher levels and consistent PA practice. Compared with inactive males, those in the high PA pattern (OR: 0.50; 95%CI: 0.26-0.93) had significantly lower PC odds. Conclusion. Intense and regular PA could reduce the possibility of PC. These results are in accordance with PA World Health Organization rec­ommendations.

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