Neighborhood attributes and cardiovascular disease risk in breast cancer survivors: The Pathways Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer survivors are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality compared with the general population. The impact of objective social and built neighborhood attributes on CVD risk in a cohort of female breast cancer survivors was examined.

Methods

The 3975 participants came from the Pathways Study, a prospective cohort of women with invasive breast cancer from an integrated health care system in northern California. Women diagnosed with breast cancer from 2006 through 2013 were enrolled on average approximately 2 months after diagnosis. Their baseline addresses were geocoded and appended to neighborhood attributes for racial/ethnic composition, socioeconomic status (SES), population density, urbanization, crime, traffic density,

SUBMITTER: Conroy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506517 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature