Posted on 02/03/2024 5:27:29 PM PST by ConservativeMind
An increase in annual cardiorespiratory fitness by 3% or more is linked to a 35% lower risk of developing, although not dying from, prostate cancer, suggests research.
They wanted to find out if improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness over time might influence these risks, drawing on a national occupational health profile assessment database.
The database collected information on physical activity, lifestyle, perceived health, measurement of body mass and height, and the results of at least two cardiorespiratory fitness tests, measured by peddling on a stationary cycle, for 57,652 men out of a total of 181,673.
Annual cardiorespiratory fitness measurements were expressed as absolute and relative VO2 max—the amount (volume) of oxygen the body uses while exercising as hard as possible.
For the incidence analysis, all participants were monitored from the date of the last assessment to the date of their prostate cancer diagnosis, or death from any cause, or until 31 December 2019, whichever came first.
For the mortality analysis, their survival was tracked from the date of their second assessment to either the date of death from prostate cancer, death from any cause, or until 31 December 2019, whichever came first.
During an average period of nearly seven years, 592 men (1% of the total sample) were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 46 (0.08%) died of their disease.
An annual percentage increase in absolute cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with a 2% lower risk of prostate cancer, but not death, after accounting for potentially influential factors.
When participants were grouped according to whether their cardiorespiratory fitness had increased, remained stable, or had fallen, those whose fitness had improved by 3% or more a year were 35% less likely to develop prostate cancer than those whose fitness had declined, after accounting for potentially influential factors.
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Hell - I ran around the world a time and a half and worked out for 45 years before getting prostrate cancer - I think maybe too much sexercise may cause it....😎
Good, so I can increase my fitness by 3% each year for 3 consecutive years and I’ll cut my prostrate cancer risk by 105%.
Let’s see...
0 times 3% = 0 for 2024.
0 times 3% = 0 for 2025.
0 times 3% = 0 for 2026.
Excellent! I plan to do nothing and my chance of prostrate cancer will be eliminated completely.
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