Why the study?
Do cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity affect all-cause cancer mortality in women and men?
Population
5,475 adults (2,585 women and 2,890 men) from the Lipids Research Clinics Prevalence Study
Comparison
High cardiorespiratory fitness and high BMI vs Lower four quintiles of cardiorespiratory…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
from 1972-1976 to 1998
Authors
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May inform sex-specific cancer mortality risk assessment; leaves open causal effects and intervention benefits.
Do cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity affect all-cause cancer mortality in women and men?
High cardiorespiratory fitness is a stronger predictor of reduced cancer mortality in men, whereas high BMI is a stronger predictor of increased cancer mortality in women.
Evenson et al. (2003) studied this question.
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