Long-term diabetes risk among endometrial cancer survivors in a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The majority of endometrial cancer patients are overweight or obese at cancer diagnosis. Obesity is a shared risk factor for both endometrial cancer and diabetes, but it is unknown whether endometrial cancer patients have increased diabetes risks. The aim of our study was to investigate diabetes risk among endometrial cancer patients.

Methods

Endometrial cancer patients diagnosed between 1997 and 2012 in Utah (n = 2,314) were identified. Women from the general population (n = 8,583) were matched to the cancer patients on birth year and birth state. Diabetes diagnoses were identified from electronic medical records and statewide healthcare facility databases. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios for diabetes after cancer diagnosis.

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083523 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature