Research
Adherence
There is no significant association between sedentary behavior and cancer mortality.
Current evidence does not show a clear link between how much you sit and your risk of dying from cancer, unlike heart disease or diabetes.
GoodRefutesMEDIUM confidence
The association was... non-significant with cancer mortality.
Why this rating
Meta-analysis of prospective studies, but the association was non-significant.
Source
Sedentary behaviour and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose response meta-analysis
Richard Patterson et al. · European Journal of Epidemiology · 2018
Meta-analysis · 34 studiesCited 1,415×
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