Association of Body Mass Index, Central Obesity, and Body Composition With Mortality Among Black Breast Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Obesity disproportionately affects Black women, who also have a higher risk of death after a breast cancer diagnosis compared with women of other racial/ethnic groups. However, few studies have evaluated the association of measures of adiposity with mortality among Black breast cancer survivors.

Objective

To assess the association of measures of adiposity with survival after a breast cancer diagnosis among Black women.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective population-based cohort study comprised 1891 women with stage 0 to IV breast cancer who self-identified as African American or Black and were ages 20 to 75 years. The New Jersey State Cancer Registry was used to identify women living in 10 counties in New Jersey who were recruited from March

SUBMITTER: Bandera EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377573 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature