Racial and Ethnic Variations in Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Results From the Women's Health Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate racial/ethnic differences in lung cancer incidence and mortality in the Women's Health Initiative Study, a longitudinal prospective cohort evaluation of postmenopausal women recruited from 40 clinical centers.

Methods

Lung cancer diagnoses were centrally adjudicated by pathology review. Baseline survey questionnaires collected sociodemographic and health information. Logistic regression models estimated incidence and mortality odds by race/ethnicity adjusted for age, education, calcium/vitamin D, body mass index, smoking (status, age at start, duration, and pack-years), alcohol, family history, oral contraceptive, hormones, physical activity, and diet.

Results

The cohort included 129,951 women--108,487 (83%) non-Hispanic white (NHW

SUBMITTER: Patel MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4872034 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature