January 1, 1996Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and prostate cancer
Why the study?
Do higher cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity levels reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in adult men?
Population
12,975 men, aged 20-80 years, who received a preventive medical exam at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, TX…
Comparison
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels and… vs Lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels and lower…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Up to 19 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports fitness promotion for prostate cancer risk reduction in men; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before changing practice.
Structured PICO
Do higher cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity levels reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in adult men?
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Population
12,975 men, aged 20-80 years, who received a preventive medical exam at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, TX, during 1970-1989
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Intervention
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels (assessed by maximal exercise treadmill test) and higher physical activity levels
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Comparator
Lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels and lower physical activity levels (< 1000 kcal/week)
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Outcome
Incident prostate cancerhard clinical
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity levels are associated with a significantly reduced risk of incident prostate cancer, particularly in men under 60 years of age.
Cite This Study
Oliveria et al. (1996) studied this question.