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Mortality After Partner’s Cancer Diagnosis or Death: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study in Japan
Authors
Takeshi Makiuchi, Masako Kakizaki, Tomotaka Sobue, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Taiki Yamaji, Motoki Iwasaki, Manami Inoue, Shoichiro Tsugane, Norie Sawada
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- All-cause mortality risk was not increased after a partner’s cancer diagnosis among men and women.
- Suicide risk significantly increased after a partner’s cancer diagnosis among men, and it persisted for more than 5 years.
- All-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), respiratory disease (RD) and externally-caused mortality risks increased after a partner’s death among men, but not among women.
- CVD and RD mortality risks after a partner’s death among men differed by smoking status. They increased among smokers, but not among never-smokers.
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