Relative risks associated with category of physical activity level per 250 MET-min/week, decreasing from reference
| Cancer site | Population | 750–999 MET-min/week | 500–749 MET-min/week | 250–499 MET-min/week | 0–249 MET-min/week |
| Moderate-intensity or vigorous-intensity physical activity | |||||
| Colon10 | Persons | 1.070 | 1.145 | 1.225 | 1.311 |
| Endometrium10 | Women | 1.120 | 1.254 | 1.405 | 1.574 |
| Breast (postmenopausal)10 | Women | 1.010 | 1.020 | 1.030 | 1.041 |
| Vigorous-intensity physical activity | |||||
| Breast (premenopausal)10 | Women | – | – | 1.094 | 1.197 |
Value in italics means the reported CI includes null value.
For moderate-intensity or vigorous-intensity activity, the reference level was ≥1000 MET-min/week; for vigorous-intensity activity only, the reference level was ≥500 MET-min/week.
MET, metabolic equivalents of task.