Mortality After Partner's Cancer Diagnosis or Death: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health statuses of closely connected individuals are interdependent. Little is known about mortality risk associated with partner's cancer diagnosis and cause-specific mortality risk associated with partner's death.

Methods

Relative risks for all-cause and cause-specific mortality following a partner's cancer diagnosis or death compared to the period when the partner is cancer-free and alive were investigated in the population-based prospective cohort study that enrolled 140,420 people at the age between 40-69 years in 1990-1994.

Results

55,050 participants (27,665 men and 27,385 women) who were identified as married couples were followed-up for 1,073,746.1 (518,368.5 in men and 555,377.6 in women) person-years, during which 9,816 deaths were observed (

SUBMITTER: Makiuchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821380 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature