Physical activity and risk of ovarian cancer: results from the Netherlands cohort study (the Netherlands)

Objective To investigate the association between nonoccupational physical activity and the risk of ovarian cancer among post-menopausal women.Methods The Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer consists of 62,573 women aged 55-69 years at baseline. Information regarding baseline nonoccupational physical activity and history of sports activity was collected with a self-administered questionnaire in 1986. After 11.3 years of follow-up, 252 cases of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer were available for case-cohort analysis.Results In multivariate analysis and compared to women who spent less... Mehr ...