The association between active participation in a sports club, physical activity and social network on the development of lung cancer in smokers: a case-control study

摘要: Background: This study analyses the effect of active participation in a sports club, physical activity and social networks on development lung cancer patients who smoke. Our hypothesis is that participants lack do not actively participate club are at greater risk for than those do. Methods: Data were taken from Cologne Smoking Study (CoSmoS), retrospective case-control examining potential psychosocial factors cancer. sample consisted n = 158 had suffered (diagnosis patient document) 144 control group participants. Both groups history smoking. collected by asking whether they participated about number friends relatives their environment. In addition, sociodemographic data (gender, age, education, marital status, residence religion), pack years (the cumulative cigarettes smoked an individual, calculated multiplying per day person has divided 20) to confounders. Logistic regression was used statistical analysis. Results: The results reveal physically lower (adjusted OR 0.53*; CI 0.29-0.97). Older age education seem also be extent smoking, furthermore, measured statistically significant. Active no significant influence Conclusions: suggest there develop sample, seemed have protective or network relatives. Further studies investigate more detail other participations.