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Prospective cohort study on television viewing time and incidence of lung cancer: findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

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Abstract

Purpose

To ascertain whether prolonged television viewing time was associated with lung cancer incidence in Japanese adults aged 40–79 years from a nationwide large-scale cohort study.

Methods

A total of 54,258 adults (23,090 men and 31,168 women) without a history of cancer at baseline (1988–1990) were enrolled and followed for a median of 15.6 years. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for lung cancer according to television viewing time adjusted for age and other possible confounding factors.

Results

During the study period, 798 participants were diagnosed with lung cancer. The HR of male participants who watched television for more than 4 h daily was 1.36 (95 % CI 1.04–1.80) compared with <2 h/day.

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that reducing the amount of time spent watching television may be beneficial for preventing lung cancer.

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Abbreviations

BMI:

Body mass index

CI:

Confidence interval

HR:

Hazard ratio

ICD:

International Classification of Disease

JACC Study:

Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

TV:

Television

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Acknowledgments

We wish to express our sincere thanks to Drs. Kunio Aoki and Yoshiyuki Ohno, Professors Emeritus of the Nagoya University School of Medicine and former chairpersons of the JACC Study. We are also greatly indebted to Dr. Haruo Sugano, former Director of the Cancer Institute, Tokyo, who contributed greatly to the initiation of the JACC Study, to Dr. Tomoyuki Kitagawa, Director Emeritus of the Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and former project leader of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority 1 Area “Cancer,” and to Dr. Kazao Tajima, Aichi Cancer Center and previous project leader of the Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area of Cancer Epidemiology, for their encouragement and support during this study. This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (Monbusho), and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas of Cancer, as well as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas of Cancer Epidemiology 11 from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbu-Kagaku-sho) (Nos. 61010076, 62010074, 63010074, 1010068, 2151065, 3151064, 4151063, 5151069, 6279102, 11181101, 17015022, 18014011, 20014026 and 20390156).

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  1. Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N15 W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan

    Shigekazu Ukawa & Akiko Tamakoshi

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

    Kenji Wakai

  3. Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Hiroyuki Noda & Hiroyasu Iso

  4. Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

    Masahiko Ando

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This study was conducted for the JACC Study Group.

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Appendix: The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study Group

The present members of the JACC Study Group and their affiliations are as follows: Dr. Akiko Tamakoshi (present chairperson of the study group), Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine; Drs. Mitsuru Mori & Fumio Sakauchi, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine; Dr. Yutaka Motohashi, Akita University School of Medicine; Dr. Ichiro Tsuji, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; Dr. Yosikazu Nakamura, Jichi Medical School; Dr. Hiroyasu Iso, Osaka University School of Medicine; Dr. Haruo Mikami, Chiba Cancer Center; Dr. Michiko Kurosawa, Juntendo University School of Medicine; Dr. Yoshiharu Hoshiyama, Yokohama Soei University; Dr. Naohito Tanabe, University of Niigata Prefecture; Dr. Koji Tamakoshi, Nagoya University Graduate School of Health Science; Dr. Kenji Wakai, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Dr. Shinkan Tokudome, National Institute of Health and Nutrition; Dr. Koji Suzuki, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences; Dr. Shuji Hashimoto, Fujita Health University School of Medicine; Dr. Shogo Kikuchi, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine; Dr. Yasuhiko Wada, Faculty of Nutrition, University of Kochi; Dr. Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto University Center for Student Health; Dr. Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science; Dr. Kotaro Ozasa, Radiation Effects Research Foundation; Dr. Tsuneharu Miki, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science; Dr. Chigusa Date, School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo; Dr. Kiyomi Sakata, Iwate Medical University; Dr. Yoichi Kurozawa, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine; Drs. Takesumi Yoshimura & Yoshihisa Fujino, University of Occupational and Environmental Health; Dr. Akira Shibata, Kurume University; Dr. Naoyuki Okamoto, Kanagawa Cancer Center; and Dr. Hideo Shio, Moriyama Municipal Hospital.

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Ukawa, S., Tamakoshi, A., Wakai, K. et al. Prospective cohort study on television viewing time and incidence of lung cancer: findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study. Cancer Causes Control 24, 1547–1553 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0231-z

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