Diet Quality, Inflammation, and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Pilot Study Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modifiable lifestyle factors, such as diet quality, could reduce inflammation and improve quality of life (QOL) in breast cancer survivors, but data are inconclusive.

Objective

To determine whether diet quality, as measured by Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) score, is associated with inflammation, health status, or functional outcomes affecting QOL in survivors of early-stage breast cancer.

Design

This is a cross-sectional, secondary analysis of baseline data collected from breast cancer survivors after completion of primary therapy and before random assignment to a pilot nutritional intervention aimed at reducing side effects of aromatase inhibitor treatment.

Participants/setting

Participants were 44 postmenopausal women with stage I to III end

SUBMITTER: Orchard TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5869134 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature