Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Abbott, SE; Camacho, F; Peres, LC; Alberg, AJ; Bandera, EV; Bondy, M; Cote, ML; Funkhouser, E; Moorman, PG; Peters, ES; Qin, B; Schwartz, AG ...
Published in: Cancer Causes Control
January 2018

PURPOSE: While recreational physical activity (RPA) has been associated with reduced mortality in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers, evidence for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is limited. Most EOC studies have been in predominantly white populations, although inactivity is more prevalent and survival is poorer among African-American (AA) women. We examined RPA before and after EOC diagnosis and associations with survival among AA women. METHODS: We analyzed data from 264 EOC survivors enrolled in a population-based, case-control study who completed surveys that included questions about pre- and post-diagnosis RPA. Data were collected on RPA frequency, intensity, and duration before diagnosis and approximately 1 year after the baseline interview. We calculated metabolic equivalent of task (MET)-hours/week for pre- and post-diagnosis RPA, and evaluated associations with risk of mortality using Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS: RPA before diagnosis was not associated with mortality. Hazard ratios (HRs) for post-diagnosis RPA were < 1.0 but not statistically significant after adjustment for covariates; HRs were 0.94 (95% CI 0.58, 1.54) for > 0-9 MET-hours/week and 0.53 (95% CI 0.21, 1.35) for > 9 MET-hours/week. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that RPA may be inversely associated with mortality among AA women with ovarian cancer, although it is possible that the present study was underpowered to detect an association. There is a clear need for more studies of RPA after diagnosis in EOC survivors with attention to potential differences by race.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Cancer Causes Control

DOI

EISSN

1573-7225

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

29

Issue

1

Start / End Page

77 / 86

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Recreation
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Epidemiology
  • Case-Control Studies
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Abbott, S. E., Camacho, F., Peres, L. C., Alberg, A. J., Bandera, E. V., Bondy, M., … Schildkraut, J. M. (2018). Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control, 29(1), 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-017-0986-8
Abbott, Sarah E., Fabian Camacho, Lauren C. Peres, Anthony J. Alberg, Elisa V. Bandera, Melissa Bondy, Michele L. Cote, et al. “Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer.Cancer Causes Control 29, no. 1 (January 2018): 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-017-0986-8.
Abbott SE, Camacho F, Peres LC, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Bondy M, et al. Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Jan;29(1):77–86.
Abbott, Sarah E., et al. “Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer.Cancer Causes Control, vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 77–86. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0986-8.
Abbott SE, Camacho F, Peres LC, Alberg AJ, Bandera EV, Bondy M, Cote ML, Funkhouser E, Moorman PG, Peters ES, Qin B, Schwartz AG, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Terry P, Schildkraut JM. Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Jan;29(1):77–86.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cancer Causes Control

DOI

EISSN

1573-7225

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

29

Issue

1

Start / End Page

77 / 86

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Recreation
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Exercise
  • Epidemiology
  • Case-Control Studies