Excess concordance of cancer incidence and lifestyles in married couples (Japan): survival analysis of paired rate data
Excess concordance of cancer incidence and lifestyles in married couples (Japan): survival analysis of paired rate data
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DOI:
10.1023/b:caco.0000036162.86921.09
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发表时间:
2004-08-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Nakachi, K
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作者:
Izumi, S;Imai, K;Nakachi, K
Objective: A population-based cohort study was conducted to examine concordance of cancer incidence and lifestyle in married couples.Methods: Cancer incidence from I September 1986 to 30 June 2000 was followed for a baseline cohort of 2601 community-living married couples aged 40-84 years who were cancer-free and had completed an epidemiologic questionnaire in 1986 in Saitama, Japan. We computed age-adjusted cross-ratios: spouse-with/spouse-without rate ratios as a measure of association for paired rate data, using a bivariate survival analysis method.Results: Concordance of lifestyles for couples was high for dietary habits, and low for smoking and alcohol habits. During the 14 year follow-up, 464 cancer cases occurred (husbands only: 279, wives only: 119, both: 33 couples). Wives whose husbands developed cancer were at an increased risk of developing cancer themselves, compared with those whose husbands had not had cancer (CR: 1.70, 95 % CI: 1.12-2.58). Mean age at diagnosis was 68.2 years for husbands and 66.0 years for wives. And correlation of cancer incidence was further seen among couples who shared habits of smoking and/or drinking.Conclusions: Our data suggest that shared lifestyles including smoking and drinking habits are associated with an excess concordance of cancer incidence among married couples.