Reaction Time and Incident Cancer: 25 Years of Follow-Up of Study Members in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey

Beverly A Roberts; Ian J Deary; Dominika Dykiert; Geoff Der; G David Batty

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Reaction Time and Incident Cancer: 25 Years of Follow-Up of Study Members in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey

Beverly A Roberts, Ian J Deary, Dominika Dykiert, Geoff Der, G David Batty

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association of reaction time with cancer incidence.

METHODS: 6900 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.

RESULTS: Disease 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.

CONCLUSIONS: In the present study, reaction time and its components were not generally related to cancer risk.

Original language	English
Article number	95054
Number of pages	5
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095054
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2014

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Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2.
Maclullich, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
RA2661 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2. Main Budget.
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Gale, C. (Co-investigator), Holmes, M. (Co-investigator), Logie, P. (Co-investigator), Maclullich, A. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Seckl, J. (Co-investigator), Starr, J. (Co-investigator), Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator) & Okely, J. (Researcher)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
MRC Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Holmes, M. (Co-investigator), Logie, P. (Co-investigator), McCulloch, J. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Roberts, N. (Co-investigator), Seckl, J. (Co-investigator), Starr, J. (Co-investigator) & Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator)
MRC
1/09/08 → 31/08/13
Project: Research

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RA2661 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2. Main Budget.

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