Usual walking Pace and risk of 28 cancers– results from the UK biobank
Self-reported walking pace was inversely associated with risk of five cancer types, even when accounting for overall physical activity and walking volume. Adopting a brisk walking pace may represent a pragmatic target for public health interventions to decrease cancer risk, particularly in circumstances where increases in walking volume or frequency prove impractical.
Authors
- Christine M. Friedenreich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4783-1966)
- Anja M. Sedlmeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-3065)
- Michael J. Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1120-1751)
- Laia Peruchet‐Noray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-8920)
- Hansjörg Baurecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9265-5594)
- Patricia Bohmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0931-8651)
- Michael F. Leitzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-2789)
- Andrea Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4777-7808)
- Emma Fontvieille (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5488-9317)
- Pietro Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9358-7338)
- Marc J. Gunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5472-6761)
- Heinz Freisling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-4998)
- Béatrice Fervers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3498-6499)
- Julian Konzok
Institutions
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Cancer Research UK (GB)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Centre Léon Bérard (FR)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-14258-x
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- Universitätsklinikum Regensburg