Women who exercise for at least two to three hours a week are less likely to develop endometrial cancer, regardless of whether they are overweight or not, a new study has claimed.
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer that develops in the inner lining of the uterus called the endometrium. It accounts for about 90 per cent of uterine cancers which kills about 6,000 women annually in the US alone.
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found that physically active women, who exercised for 150 minutes or more a week, had a 34 per cent reduced risk of endometrial cancer compared to those who were inactive.
“This study is consistent with other studies that strongly support the association between physical activity and lower risk of endometrial cancer,” said study author Hannah Arem.
For their study, Arem and colleagues examined data of more than 1,300 women, who participated a case-control study. The researchers evaluated the data of 668 women with endometrial cancer and compared them with the data of 665 age-matched control women.
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