Indoor Ultraviolet Tanning Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: Results From a Prospective Study of Early Onset and Persistence.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of the study was to test whether those who initiate tanning during adolescence are more likely to continue tanning in young adulthood, potentially increasing their risk for melanoma.

Methods

The study included prospective data from the Growing Up Today Study, a cohort study started in 1996 (N = 5,882).

Results

Among men and women who ever indoor UV tanned, those who indoor UV tan by age 17 years consistently indoor tanned at least twice the prevalence as those who did not indoor UV tan by age 17 years. Indoor tanning prevalence at age 27 years was nearly 4 times as high (18.8% vs. 4.8%) among men who started indoor tanning by age 17 years than those who did not indoor tan by age 17 years. These differences persisted through age 27 years and are mor

SUBMITTER: Solazzo AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7508899 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature