Body Composition and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are up to 4-fold more likely than individuals without a history of cancer to develop cardiovascular disease. Clinical care guidelines recommend that physicians counsel patients with CRC regarding the association between obesity (defined using body mass index [BMI] calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) and cardiovascular disease risk; however, this recommendation is based on expert opinion.

Objective

To determine which measures of body composition are associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with CRC.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based retrospective cohort study of 2839 patients with stage I to III CRC diagnosed between January 2006 and Decem

SUBMITTER: Brown JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537811 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature