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Cancer
Study findings on cancer are outlined in reports from A.M. Thompson and colleagues
May 21st, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "The purpose of this article was to examine the risk of cancer mortality across levels of fitness and to examine the fitness-mortality relation for site-specific cancers in men with pre-diabetes and diabetes. We examined the fitness-mortality relation for all-cause and site-specific cancer mortality among 18,858 men with pre-diabetes and 2,805 men with diabetes (aged 46.3 +/- 9.7 years [mean +/- SDI) from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study." "We identified 719 cancer deaths during 354,558 person-years of risk. The duration of follow-up was 16.4 +/- 7.8 years (range < 1-30.0 years). in men with pre-diabetes, moderate...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-05-21)
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