title: Physical activity, body weight, and pancreatic cancer mortality.
abstract: In a study of 32 687 subjects with data on physical activity and body mass index (BMI) collected serially over time, we examined associations with pancreatic cancer mortality (n=212). Despite plausible biologic mechanisms, neither physical activity (multivariate relative risks for increasing levels: 1.00, 0.98, 0.92, and 1.31, respectively) nor BMI (corresponding findings: 1.00, 0.84, 1.08, and 0.99, respectively) significantly predicted pancreatic cancer mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. ilee@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: I-M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Sesso
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguma
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Paffenbarger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology