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. 2024 Feb 26;14:1336487. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1336487

Table 2.

Cancer incidence among veterans with sleep disorders (1999-2010, N=663,869, VISN-7).

Cancer Site Crude Adjusted2
Hazard Ratio 95% CI Hazard Ratio 95% CI
All Cancer Any Sleep Disorder
1.75 (1.66, 1.86) 1.45 (1.37, 1.54)
Prostate 1.73 (1.58, 1.90) 1.50 (1.37, 1.64)
Colorectal 1.52 (1.32, 1.75) 1.34 (1.16, 1.54)
Female Breast 2.87 (1.50, 5.49) 1.69 (0.88, 3.24)
Other1 1.75 (1.60, 1.91) 1.45 (1.33, 1.59)
All Cancer Insomnia
1.73 (1.58, 1.89) 1.39 (1.27, 1.52)
Prostate 1.64 (1.43, 1.90) 1.39 (1.20, 1.60)
Colorectal 1.46 (1.17, 1.82) 1.22 (0.98, 1.51)
Female Breast 2.98 (1.21, 7.30) 1.78 (0.73, 4.38)
Other1 1.84 (1.61, 2.10) 1.46 (1.28, 1.67)
All Cancer Sleep Apnea
1.70 (1.55, 1.84) 1.44 (1.32, 1.57)
Prostate 1.72 (1.51, 1.96) 1.52 (1.38, 1.73)
Colorectal 1.48 (1.21, 1.81) 1.38 (1.12, 1.69)
Female Breast 3.31 (1.22, 8.99) 1.90 (0.69, 5.17)
Other1 1.59 (1.39, 1.82) 1.37 (1.20, 1.57)
All Cancer Other Sleep Disorders 3
1.68 (1.46, 1.94) 1.47 (1.28, 1.70)
Prostate 1.69 (1.35, 2.11) 1.54 (1.23, 1.92)
Colorectal 1.53 (1.08, 2.16) 1.41 (0.99, 1.99)
Female Breast4
Other1 1.68 (1.35, 2.09) 1.47 (1.18, 1.83)

1 Includes: lung, pancreas, kidney, brain, bladder, liver, ovary, esophagus, stomach, skin (melanoma). 2 Adjusted for: age, sex (except for gender specific cancers), marital status, state or residence. CI: confidence interval. 3 Includes: hypersomnias, parasomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, movement disorders, arousal disorders. VISN-7, Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 (AL, GA, SC). 4 Data too sparse for evaluation.