Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Physical Activity Questionnaire

Wolf, Anne; Hunter, David J.; Colditz, Graham A.; Manson, JoAnn E.; Stampfer, Meir J.; Corsano, Karen A.; Rosner, Bernard; Kriska, Andrea M.; Willett, Walter C.

doi:10.1093/ije/23.5.991

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“…We controlled for the following covariates: age in 1998, marital status (married/partner vs. single/widowed/ divorced), waist circumference in inches, physical activity, smoking status (current, former, never), alcohol intake, and presence of comorbid conditions (heart disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, stroke, arthritis, and nonprostate carcinomas). Physical activity was measured using a validated questionnaire 36 assessing the type and duration of eight common leisure activities. Activity scores are computed in metabolic-equivalent hours per week and included in the regression models in quintiles.…”

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The association of treatment‐related symptoms with quality‐of‐life outcomes for localized prostate carcinoma patients

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Giovannucci

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BACKGROUNDMost studies of treatment outcomes in men with localized prostate carcinoma have emphasized sexual, urinary, and bowel symptoms with the assumption that they have an impact on quality of life. However, very few studies have directly examined and compared the impact of these symptoms on overall and cancer specific quality of life.METHODSThe authors examined 783 incident cases of localized prostate carcinoma, diagnosed from 1993 to 1998, and 1928 age‐matched healthy controls from the Health Professionals Follow‐Up Study cohort. Information on frequency of ejaculation and urinary symptoms were collected before cancer diagnosis. After cancer diagnosis, the authors mailed a questionnaire including the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form–36 Health Status Survey (SF‐36), the Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System–Short Form (CARES‐SF), and the University of California at Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index in 1998.RESULTSCases had slightly lower scores on most of the SF‐36 scales and reported much more bother from sexual, urinary, and bowel symptoms compared with healthy controls. Among prostate carcinoma patients, bowel symptoms had the greatest negative impact on quality of life, followed by sexual and urinary symptoms. As expected, treatment‐related symptoms were associated with the physical domains of quality of life, but psychosocial domains were just as strongly affected.CONCLUSIONSPatients and health care providers need to consider the potential mental quality‐of‐life impacts associated with prostate carcinoma treatment symptoms when making treatment decisions. Even after patients have completed cancer treatment, significant health impairments may remain. Health care providers should continue to address the mental and physical well‐being of prostate carcinoma patients in follow‐up care. Cancer 2002;94:862–71. © 2002 American Cancer Society.DOI 10.1002/cncr.10248

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The association of treatment‐related symptoms with quality‐of‐life outcomes for localized prostate carcinoma patients

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Giovannucci

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et al. 2002

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“…However, limitations include the fact that physical activity was self‐reported, so measurement is less precise. Nonetheless, this questionnaire has been previously validated in a similar study population 15. Another limitation is that our study only included predominantly white women of higher socioeconomic status and may not be generalizable to other groups.…”

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“…One MET corresponds to an energy expenditure of ≈1 kcal/kg of body weight per hour; thus, energy expenditure in kilocalories per week was estimated by multiplying the MET score by body weight and hours per week. This assessment of physical activity has been shown to be valid and reliable15; for example, the correlation between 4 1‐week activity diaries kept over 1 year and questionnaire estimates of physical activity was 0.62.…”

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Physical Activity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Is the Relation Modified by Level of Global Cardiovascular Risk?

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Rimm

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BackgroundThe inverse association between physical activity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well‐ established and has previously been shown in people with and without single CVD risk factors. We examined whether level of global cardiovascular risk, on the basis of the pooled cohort equation or Reynolds risk score, which include multiple risk factors, modified the physical activity–CVD association.Methods and ResultsParticipants in the prospective WHS (Women's Health Study; n=27 536) reported their leisure‐time physical activity at study entry (1992–1995) and during follow‐up through 2013. Participants were divided into 10‐year cardiovascular risk groups on the basis of the pooled cohort equation and Reynolds risk score. The primary outcome was incident total CVD. The CVD hazard ratio for active (≥500 kcal/wk of physical activity) compared with inactive (<500 kcal/wk) individuals was 0.73 (95% confidence interval, 0.66–0.80) in multivariable models. This association was not modified by level of cardiovascular risk; physical activity was inversely associated with CVD within all pooled cohort equation and Reynolds risk score groups (P=0.17 and P=0.66 for interaction, respectively). When the joint association of physical activity and level of cardiovascular risk was examined, women with higher risk on the basis of either the pooled cohort equation or Reynolds risk score had higher CVD rates compared with those at low risk, regardless of physical activity. However, among women at both high and low risk, being physically active was associated with lower risk of CVD events.ConclusionsIn this large prospective cohort of women, level of global cardiovascular risk did not modify the inverse association between leisure‐time physical activity and incident CVD. Thus, promoting physical activity is important in women at both low and high cardiovascular risk.

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“…In particular, we had a unique ability to examine a wide range of exposures and interaction with genotype. As participants were health professionals, the accuracy of self-reported data is likely to be high; information on many exposures, including endoscopy, has been validated previously (Willett et al, 1985;Rimm et al, 1990;Wolf et al, 1994). Moreover, because our study was nested within three larger, well-defined cohorts, control participants were sampled from the same population as case participants.…”

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Cyclin D1 A870G polymorphism and the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma

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Cyclin D1 (CCND1) plays a key role in cell cycle control, particularly in the transition from G 1 to S phase, which is regulated by cyclindependent kinases. A common adenine to guanine polymorphism (A870G) in the CCND1 gene has been associated with a longer-life protein and an increased risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma in some studies. Among subjects with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, the A870G polymorphism has also been associated with a younger age of onset of colorectal cancer. We analysed 181 colorectal cancer cases and 475 matched controls and 524 adenoma cases and 517 matched controls within women in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) cohort, 171 colorectal cancer cases and 347 matched controls and 372 adenoma cases and 712 matched controls nested within men in the Health Professionals' Follow-Up Study (HPFS) cohort, and 258 colorectal cancer cases and 415 matched controls within men in the Physicians' Health Study (PHS) cohort to assess the risk associated with the CCND1 A870G genotype. Moreover, we assessed whether CCND1 genotype modified the effect of a sporadic (nonsyndromic) family history of colorectal cancer as well as the effect of other dietary and lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer and adenoma. In all cohorts combined, the CCND1 polymorphism did not show statistically significant associations to risk of colorectal cancer (odds ratio (OR) for A allele carriers, 1.04; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.82 -1.32) or adenoma (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.79 -1.18). The CCND1 A870G genotype was associated with a modest, although nonsignificantly elevated risk of colorectal cancer (OR, 1.59; 95% CI, 0.98 -2.57) in women. In contrast, the polymorphism was not associated with increased risk of adenoma in either men or women. Among participants with the A870G genotype, a family history of colorectal cancer conferred a substantially greater risk of colorectal cancer in the women (P for interaction ¼ 0.06) and adenoma in the men (P for interaction ¼ 0.02). Current postmenopausal hormone (PMH) use was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma among women with the A870G genotype, whereas there was no effect of PMH use among those with the GG genotype. The CCND1 polymorphism appeared to confer a modest elevation in the risk of colorectal cancer among women. Moreover, the A870G genotype may enhance the protective effect of postmenopausal oestrogen use on the development of colorectal neoplasia.

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Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Physical Activity Questionnaire

Abstract: The simple, short questionnaires on activity and inactivity used in the Nurses' Health Study II are reasonably valid measures for epidemiological research.

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The association of treatment‐related symptoms with quality‐of‐life outcomes for localized prostate carcinoma patients

The association of treatment‐related symptoms with quality‐of‐life outcomes for localized prostate carcinoma patients

Physical Activity and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Is the Relation Modified by Level of Global Cardiovascular Risk?

Cyclin D1 A870G polymorphism and the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma

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