Table 1.
Study specific definitions for physical activity.
Table 2.
Distribution of 2,343 cases of gastric cancer and 8,614 controls according to selected covariates.
Table 3.
Pooled and adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for gastric cancer according to leisure physical activity levels overall (reference: Low level of physical activity) and by strata of selected covariates (sex, age, socioeconomic status, BMI, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, vegetables and fruit intake, occupational PA, cancer anatomical site, cancer histotype, type of controls, H. pylori infection, and GC family history).
Fig 1.
Forest plot representing the overall association of gastric cancer and physical activity (intermediate or high level of physical activity respect to low level of physical activity) (a) and by categories of age (b), histological type (c) and type of control (d).