Article
Evidence of associations between cytokine genes and subjective reports of sleep disturbance in oncology patients and their family caregivers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Miaskowski Christine, Cooper Bruce A, Dhruva Anand, Dunn Laura B, Langford Dale J, Cataldo Janine K, Baggott Christina R, Merriman John D, Dodd Marylin, Lee Kathryn, West Claudia, Paul Steven M, Aouizerat Bradley E
Abstract excerpt
The purposes of this study were to identify distinct latent classes of individuals based on subjective reports of sleep disturbance; to examine differences in demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics between the latent classes; and to evaluate for variations in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine genes between the latent classes. Among 167 oncology outpatients with breast, prostate, lung, or brain...
Topics
- Caregivers
- Cytokines
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Statistical
- Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Regression Analysis