title: Reaction time and incident cancer: 25 years of follow-up of study members in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Beverly A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Deary
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Dominika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dykiert
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council Public and Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Der
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G David
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Batty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
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