Associations between cardiometabolic comorbidities and mortality in adults with cancer: multinational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Objective

To examine separate and joint associations between pre-existing cardiometabolic comorbidities and all cause and cause specific mortality in adults with cancer.

Design

Multinational cohort study.

Setting

Seven European countries from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2013.

Participants

26 987 participants (54% women) who developed a first primary cancer. 2113 had a history of type 2 diabetes, 1529 had a history of cardiovascular disease, and 531 had a history of both, at the time of diagnosis of cancer.

Main outcome measures

Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals, CIs) for associations between pre-existing cardiometabolic comorbidities and all cause and

SUBMITTER: Davila-Batista V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11948348 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature