The cross-sectional association between lifestyle behaviors and breast and cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women along the Texas-Mexico border.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Lifestyle behaviors may influence timely cancer screening, but their relationship is unknown among Hispanic women who have low cancer screening rates.

Methods

We used Cameron County Hispanic Cohort data from 2014 to 2022 to evaluate the relationship between lifestyle and compliance with mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) screening guidelines ("up-to-date") among Hispanic women along the Texas-Mexico border. The 2018 World Cancer Research Fund scoring system characterized cancer-preventive lifestyle adherence. Multivariable logistic regression assessed the association between lifestyle behaviors and mammography and, separately, Pap screening.

Results

Among 385 age-eligible women for mammography and 412 age-eligible women for Pap test screening, up-to-date mam

SUBMITTER: Yeh PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904518 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature