Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although lifestyle factors have been studied in relation to individual non-communicable diseases (NCDs), their association with development of a subsequent NCD, defined as multimorbidity, has been scarcely investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between five lifestyle factors and incident multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases.

Methods

In this prospective cohort study, 291,778 participants (64% women) from seven European countries, mostly aged 43 to 58 years and free of cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and type 2 diabetes (T2D) at recruitment, were included. Incident multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases was defined as developing subsequently two diseases including first cancer at any site, CVD, and T

SUBMITTER: Freisling H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6953215 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature