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ArticleJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2023

Daytime napping, nighttime sleeping duration, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver disease-related mortality.

Lu Long, Longgang Zhao, Jessica L Petrick, Linda M Liao, Tianyi Huang, Aaron Hakim, Wanshui Yang, Peter T Campbell, Edward Giovannucci, Katherine A McGlynn and 1 more

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Article in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Around the Clock.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026
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  7. The Beauty Sleep to Keep a Healthy Liver.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Sleep disorders in hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025
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  9. Cornelian Cherry (Biology · 2025
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  14. Impact of sleep on gastrointestinal cancer.World journal of clinical oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Lu LongDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Longgang ZhaoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Jessica L PetrickSlone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Linda M LiaoDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Tianyi HuangDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Aaron HakimDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Wanshui YangDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Peter T CampbellDepartment of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Edward GiovannucciDepartment of Nutrition, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine A McGlynnDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Xuehong ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USNational Cancer Institute · USAmerican Cancer Society · USBoston University · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

Elucidating Inflammatory and Metabolic Pathways in Obstructive Sleep Apnea DevelopmentK01HL143034 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI HUANG, TIANYI · 2018 to 2022
$885k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL143034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background & Aims: Sleep duration has been linked to metabolic dysfunction and chronic inflammation, which may contribute to the development of liver cancer and chronic liver disease (CLD). However, little is known about the relationship between sleep or napping duration and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk and CLD mortality. Methods: We followed 295,837 individuals in the National Institutes of Health-American Association of Retired Persons (NIH-AARP) Diet and Health Study. We examined the associations of nighttime sleep duration and daytime napping duration with risk of HCC incidence and CLD mortality. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Results: A total of 357 incident HCC cases and 578 CLD deaths were identified after a median follow-up time of 15.5 years. After adjusting for confounder factors, we found U-shaped associations of nighttime sleep duration with the incidence of HCC (HR Conclusions: We observed U-shaped associations for nighttime sleeping and risk of HCC and CLD mortality. Additionally, longer daytime napping duration was associated with higher risk of HCC and CLD death. Our study suggests that clinical follow up of individuals at risk for liver cancer or living with a liver disease should include information on nighttime and daytime sleep. Impact and implications: Sleep or napping duration may play a role in the development of liver cancer and chronic liver disease, but little is known about the relationship between them. In addition, abnormal sleep patterns in patients with chronic liver disease may further promote the development of liver disease, creating a vicious cycle. Our study suggests that clinical follow up of individuals at risk for liver cancer or living with a liver disease should include information on nighttime and daytime sleep, as they can be potentially important factors in the development and progression of liver disease.

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Chronic liver diseaseDaytime nappingHepatocellular carcinomaSleep duration

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PMCPMC10482745
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