Diabetes, Body Fatness, and Insulin Prescription Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Rates of obesity and obesity-related health consequences, including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cancer, continue to rise. While cancer patients are at an increased risk of developing T2D, the prevalence of T2D and insulin prescription among young patients with cancer remains unknown. Methods: Using the Total Cancer Care Study cohort at Huntsman Cancer Institute (Salt Lake City, UT), we identified individuals age 18-39 years at cancer diagnosis between 2009 and 2019. Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate associations between body mass index (BMI) with insulin prescription within 1 year of cancer diagnosis. Results: In total, 344 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) were diagnosed with primary invasive cancer. Within this co

SUBMITTER: Holowatyj AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8064923 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature