Nativity and Healthy Lifestyle Index in a Pooled Cohort of Female Breast Cancer Survivors from Northern California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, breast cancer is common in Asian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White (NHW) women, many of whom are immigrants. A healthy lifestyle is vital to survival, but it is unknown how lifestyle varies by nativity among survivors.

Methods

The study included 4,754 racially diverse, female breast cancer survivors from the Northern California, Exploring Networks in a Cohort of Latina and Asian Emigrants, Lifestyle, and Vital Status (ENCLAVE) study. We generated a healthy lifestyle index (HLI) based on World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research cancer prevention recommendations. Log-binomial regression models, controlling for sociodemographics, were used to evaluate associations between nativity and the highest tertile of HLI, as well

SUBMITTER: Aoki RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12213179 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature