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. 2018 Jul 17;143(10):2380–2389. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31649

Table 3.

Association of timing of supper and sleep interval on risk of breast and prostate cancer

Controls for breast cancer N (%) Breast cancer cases N (%) OR (95%CI)a Controls for prostate cancer N (%) Prostate cancer cases N (%) OR (95%CI)b Combined breast and prostate cancer OR (95%CI)
Supper/sleep interval
1 hr or less (ref) 234 (18.6) 230 (19.8) 304 (36.4) 253 (42.4)
From >1 to ≤2 hr 493 (39.2) 483 (41.6) 0.99 (0.79,1.24) 321 (38.4) 215 (36.1) 0.79 (0.62,1.02) 0.89 (0.72,1.11)
More than 2 hr 530 (42.2) 448 (38.6) 0.84 (0.67,1.06) 210 (25.1) 128 (21.5) 0.74 (0.55,0.99) 0.80 (0.67,0.96)
Time of supper
10 pm or later (ref) 260 (20.4) 271 (23.0) 257 (30.2) 204 (33.4)
9:00 to <10 pm 721 (56.5) 641 (54.5) 0.86 (0.70,1.05) 470 (55.2) 329 (53.9) 0.88 (0.69,1.12) 0.86 (0.74,1.01)
Before 9 pm 296 (23.2) 264 (22.4) 0.85 (0.66,1.09) 124 (14.6) 77 (12.6) 0.75 (0.53,1.07) 0.82 (0.67,1.00)
Combined time of supper and supper/sleep interval c
Late supper/short interval (ref) 105 (8.4) 107 (9.2) 141 (16.9) 121 (20.3)
Intermediate 949 (75.5) 894 (77.0) 0.94 (0.70,1.25) 633 (75.8) 436 (73.2) 0.79 (0.59,1.05) 0.86 (0.70,1.05)
Early supper/long interval 203 (16.1) 160 (13.8) 0.77 (0.54,1.09) 61 (7.3) 39 (6.5) 0.74 (0.45,1.19) 0.76 (0.57,1.00)
a

Adjusted for age, educational level, menopausal status and center.

b

Adjusted for age, educational level and center.

c

Combined time of supper and supper/sleep interval: Late supper/Short interval: after 10 pm supper and less than 1‐hr supper‐sleep interval; Early supper/Long Interval: Before 9 pm supper and >2 hr supper‐sleep interval; Intermediate: other combinations.