The association of resistance training with risk of ovarian cancer
One of the consequences of the pandemic has been the decrease in the amount of clinical research. Obviously face-to-face communication has been limited. Data already collected from sources such as the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) has been invaluable. This retrospective review of information collected from almost 110,000 participants in the NHS looks at whether resistive training reduces the risk of subsequent ovarian cancer.
It is known that obesity, and inflammation as measured by serum levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP), are associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer. Both of these risk factors are reduced when women engage in resistive training (RT), which includes weight training and the use of gymnasium equipment. Women were assigned to two groups; those who did 60 minutes or more of resistive training each week and those who did not.
As expected, women who did do RT were less obese and had lower levels of CRP. However, the relative risk of developing ovarian cancer was the same for both groups with no evidence that RT was protective.
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