Adherence to Cancer Prevention Guidelines and Cancer Risk in Low-Income and African American Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes behavioral guidelines for cancer prevention, including standards on body weight, physical activity, nutrition, alcohol, and tobacco use. The impact of these guidelines has been rarely studied in low-income and African American populations.

Methods

The study included 61,098 racially diverse, mainly low-income adults who participated in the Southern Community Cohort Study and were followed for a median of 6 years. Cox models were used to estimate HRs for cancer incidence associated with behaviors and with an ACS physical activity/nutrition 0-to-4 compliance score indicating the number of body weight, physical activity, healthy eating, and alcohol guidelines met.

Results

During the study period, 2,240 incident cancer

SUBMITTER: Warren Andersen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4873356 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature