Open AccessSleep deficiency and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women in the California teachers study (CTS)
Author(s) -
Susan Hurley,
Debbie Goldberg,
Julie Von Behren,
Jessica Clague DeHart,
Sophia Wang,
Peggy Reynolds
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-020-01349-2
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , quartile , odds ratio , pittsburgh sleep quality index , risk factor , sleep (system call) , confidence interval , case control study , cancer , oncology , sleep quality , insomnia , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
There is provocative, yet inconsistent, evidence that sleep deficiency may influence the development of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of breast cancer associated with sleep deficiency among postmenopausal women in the California Teachers Study (CTS).