Sleep-disordered breathing and cancer mortality: results from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with total and cardiovascular mortality, but an association with cancer mortality has not been studied. Results from in vitro and animal studies suggest that intermittent hypoxia promotes cancer tumor growth.

Objectives

The goal of the present study was to examine whether SDB is associated with cancer mortality in a community-based sample.

Methods

We used 22-year mortality follow-up data from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort sample (n = 1,522). SDB was assessed at baseline with full polysomnography. SDB was categorized using the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and the hypoxemia index (percent sleep time below 90% oxyhemoglobin saturation). The hazards of cancer mortality across levels of SDB severity were compared us

SUBMITTER: Nieto FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406081 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature