Associations between experience of stressful life events and cancer prevalence in China: results from the China Kadoorie Biobank study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies examining the relationships of stressful life events and cancer yielded inconsistent findings, while relevant evidence in mainland China is scarce. The current study sought to determine whether experience of stressful life events was associated with cancer prevalence in Chinese population.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from the China Kadoorie Biobank study which that recruited 0.5 million Chinese adults aged 30 to 79 from 2004 to 2008. Logistic regression models were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for cancer associated with stressful life events reported at baseline.

Results

Among the 461,696 participants included in this analysis, 2,122 (0.46%) had self-reported cancer with the mean (SD) age w

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10675951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature