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SUBMITTER: Aleksandrova K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6241846 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aleksandrova Krasimira K Jenab Mazda M Leitzmann Michael M Bueno-de-Mesquita Bas B Kaaks Rudolf R Trichopoulou Antonia A Bamia Christina C Lagiou Pagona P Rinaldi Sabina S Freisling Heinz H Carayol Marion M Pischon Tobias T Drogan Dagmar D Weiderpass Elisabete E Jakszyn Paula P Overvad Kim K Dahm Christina C CC Tjønneland Anne A Bouton-Ruault Marie-Christine MC Kühn Tilman T Peppa Eleni E Valanou Elissavet E La Vecchia Carlo C Palli Domenico D Panico Salvatore S Sacerdote Carlotta C Agnoli Claudia C Tumino Rosario R May Anne A van Vulpen Jonna J Benjaminsen Borch Kristin K Oluwafemi Oyeyemi Sunday S Quirós J Ramón JR Bonet Catalina C Sánchez María-José MJ Dorronsoro Miren M Navarro Carmen C Barricarte Aurelio A van Guelpen Bethany B Wennberg Patrik P Key Timothy J TJ Khaw Kay-Tee KT Wareham Nicholas N Assi Nada N Ward Heather A HA Aune Dagfinn D Riboli Elio E Boeing Heiner H
International journal of epidemiology 20171201 6
<h4>Background</h4>There is convincing evidence that high physical activity lowers the risk of colon cancer; however, the underlying biological mechanisms remain largely unknown. We aimed to determine the extent to which body fatness and biomarkers of various biologically plausible pathways account for the association between physical activity and colon cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a nested case-control study in a cohort of 519 978 men and women aged 25 to 70 years followed from 1992 to 2 ...[more]