Association of Adipose Tissue Distribution With Type 2 Diabetes in Breast Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined the association of adipose tissue distribution with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in breast cancer patients.

Methods

Participants (N = 238) diagnosed with breast cancer at 20-75 years old who received breast cancer treatment at a major hospital from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2017, with at least one completed and identifiable abdominal or pelvic computed tomography (CT) scan and data regarding race and ethnicity were included. Thirty-two breast cancer patients were identified as T2D patients after their breast cancer diagnoses. The adipose tissue distribution (visceral fat area [VFA], subcutaneous fat area [SFA], and the ratio of VFA to SFA [VFA/SFA]) was quantified on CT images of the third lumbar vertebra. T2D status was retrieved from patients' electroni

SUBMITTER: Qi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7691945 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature