Publications by authors named "Cheng-Jung Shen"
Article Synopsis
- A retrospective cohort study investigated the link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and colorectal cancer (CRC) in Taiwan's population, identifying 4180 patients with OSA and 16,720 matched controls without OSA.
- Results showed that individuals with OSA had a significantly higher risk of developing CRC (adjusted HR of 1.80) compared to those without OSA, with the risk increasing alongside the frequency of OSA medical visits.
- The study concluded that there is an association between OSA and elevated CRC risk, emphasizing the need for further large-scale prospective research to confirm these findings.
Background: Periodontal disease (PD) and colorectal cancer (CRC) were associated with chronic inflammation. This retrospective cohort study examined the association between PD severity and CRC in a large-scale, population-based Chinese cohort.
Methods: A total of approximately 106,487 individuals with newly diagnosed PD and 106,487 age-matched and sex-matched patients without PD from 2000 to 2002 were identified from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).