Cardiometabolic risk factors and survival after breast cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined the relationship between cardiometabolic risk factors linked to metabolic syndrome and mortality among women with breast cancer.

Methods

We used the Women's Health Initiative to evaluate the relationship between cardiometabolic risk factors, including waist circumference (WC), blood pressure, cholesterol level, and presence of type 2 diabetes, and their relation with death from breast cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and other causes among 8641 women with local or regional stage invasive breast cancer. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios, and 95% confidence intervals, adjusted for important predictors of survival.

Results

After a median of 11.3 years, there were 2181 total deaths, 619 (28.4%) of

SUBMITTER: Simon MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5891355 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature