Determining the association of rurality and cardiovascular disease among prostate cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Rural disparities in prostate cancer survivorship and cardiovascular disease remain. Prostate cancer treatment also contributes to worse cardiovascular disease outcomes. Our objective was to determine whether rural-urban differences in cardiovascular outcomes contribute to disparities in prostate cancer survivorship.

Materials and methods

Data were collected from the Utah Population Database. Rural and urban prostate cancer survivors were matched by diagnosis year and age. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios for cardiovascular disease (levels 1-3) based on rural-urban classification, while controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. We identified 3,379 rural and 16,253 urban prostate cancer survivors with a median fo

SUBMITTER: Nielsen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787808 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature