Habitual sleep duration, healthy eating, and digestive system cancer mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle choices, such as dietary patterns and sleep duration, significantly impact the health of the digestive system and may influence the risk of mortality from digestive system cancer.

Methods

This study aimed to examine the associations between sleep duration, dietary habits, and mortality from digestive system cancers. The analysis included 406,584 participants from the UK Biobank cohort (54.1% women; age range: 38-73 years), with sleep duration classified as short (≤ 6 h, 24.2%), normal (7-8 h, 68.4%), and long (≥ 9 h, 7.4%). Healthy eating habits were defined as a daily intake of at least 25 g of fibre, seven portions of fruits and vegetables, and fewer than four servings of meat per week. These dietary factors were combined into a score ranging from 0 (l

SUBMITTER: Noga DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11770963 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature