Sleep duration and the risk of breast cancer: the Ohsaki Cohort Study

Riferimento: 
Br J Cancer. 2008 Nov 4;99(9):1502-5.
Autori: 
Kakizaki M, Kuriyama S, Sone T, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Fukudo S, Tsuji I.
Fonte: 
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Anno: 
2008
Azione: 
In a prospective study on Japanese women, short sleep duration was associated with higher risk of breast cancer.
Target: 
LAN

Abstract


Abstract

In a prospective study of 23 995 Japanese women, short sleep duration was associated with higher risk of breast cancer (143 cases), compared with women who slept 7 h per day, the multivariate hazard ratio of those who slept </=6 h per day was 1.62 (95% confidence interval: 1.05-2.50; P for trend=0.03).

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