Comorbidities among American Indian and Alaska Native People with Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comorbidities may affect the incidence and management of cancers. The burden of comorbidities among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) patients with cancer and survivors is unknown.

Methods

Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare, we identified AIAN people aged ≥66 years diagnosed with female breast, lung, and colorectal cancers (2000-2019), with at least 1 year of Medicare coverage prior to diagnosis. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify comorbidity profiles and multinomial logistic regression to examine associations of class membership with sociodemographic characteristics.

Results

The mean NCI weighted comorbidity index was 0.53 (±0.59) for those with breast cancer, 0.59 (±0.65) for those with colorectal cancer, and 0.

SUBMITTER: Nash SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12517205 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature