Associations of role, area deprivation index, and race with health behaviors and body mass index among localized prostate cancer patients and their partners.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the associations of role (localized prostate cancer (PCa) patient vs. their intimate partner), area deprivation index (ADI-higher scores indicating higher neighborhood deprivation levels), and race (Black/African American (AA) vs. White) with health behaviors and body mass index (BMI) among PCa patients and partners. The behaviors include smoking, alcohol consumption, diet quality, sedentary behaviors, and physical activity (PA).

Methods

This study used the baseline data collected in a clinical trial. Given the nested structure of the dyadic data, multi-level models were used.

Results

Significant role-race interaction effects on smoking, ADI-race effects on alcohol consumption, and role-ADI effects on BMI were found. Meanwhile, patients smoked more

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12906562 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature