Reaction Time and Incident Cancer: 25 Years of Follow-Up of Study Members in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey |
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| Authors: | Beverly A Roberts Ian J Deary Dominika Dykiert Geoff Der G David Batty |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.; 2. Medical Research Council Public and Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.; 3. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan, |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesTo investigate the association of reaction time with cancer incidence.Methods6900 individuals aged 18 to 94 years who participated in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey in 1984/1985 and were followed for a cancer registration for 25 years.ResultsDisease surveillance gave rise to 1015 cancer events from all sites. In general, there was essentially no clear pattern of association for either simple or choice reaction time with cancer of all sites combined, nor specific malignancies. However, selected associations were found for lung cancer, colorectal cancer and skin cancer.ConclusionsIn the present study, reaction time and its components were not generally related to cancer risk. |
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