TY - JOUR
T1 - All-cause mortality among men whose cohabiting partner has been diagnosed with cancer
AU - Nakaya, Naoki
AU - Saito-Nakaya, Kumi
AU - Bidstrup, Pernille E.
AU - Dalton, Susanne O.
AU - Frederiksen, Kirsten
AU - Würtzen, Hanne
AU - Steding-Jessen, Marianne
AU - Uchitomi, Yosuke
AU - Frisch, Morten
AU - Johansen, Christoffer
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Background: Previous studies suggest that spouses of cancer patients are at increased risk for several chronic diseases. We investigated mortality in relation to cancer morbidity in the stable female partner. Methods: We established a national retrospective cohort study of 1,422,131 men who had lived continuously with the same partner for at least 5 years and used Cox regression analysis to assess the association between experiencing cancer in a cohabiting partner and all-cause mortality. Results: The risk for death was only slightly elevated among men whose partner had cancer than for men whose partner remained free of cancer (hazard ratio = 1.03; 95% confidence interval = 1.01-1.05). Conclusions: Although a cancer diagnosis in a spouse might be associated with considerable distress, our study indicates that the risk for death differs only slightly between men living with a partner with cancer and those living with a partner without cancer.
AB - Background: Previous studies suggest that spouses of cancer patients are at increased risk for several chronic diseases. We investigated mortality in relation to cancer morbidity in the stable female partner. Methods: We established a national retrospective cohort study of 1,422,131 men who had lived continuously with the same partner for at least 5 years and used Cox regression analysis to assess the association between experiencing cancer in a cohabiting partner and all-cause mortality. Results: The risk for death was only slightly elevated among men whose partner had cancer than for men whose partner remained free of cancer (hazard ratio = 1.03; 95% confidence interval = 1.01-1.05). Conclusions: Although a cancer diagnosis in a spouse might be associated with considerable distress, our study indicates that the risk for death differs only slightly between men living with a partner with cancer and those living with a partner without cancer.
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U2 - 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318276cced
DO - 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318276cced
M3 - Article
C2 - 23211347
AN - SCOPUS:84871751513
SN - 1044-3983
VL - 24
SP - 96
EP - 99
JO - Epidemiology
JF - Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -
