Incidence and Predictors of Diabetes Mellitus after a Diagnosis of Early-Stage Breast Cancer in the Elderly Using Real-World Data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The incidence and predictors of diabetes (DM) in patients with breast cancer (BC) were evaluated. We compared DM incidence and physician access in BC patients to matched controls.

Methods

We identified women with stage I-III BC diagnosed from 2005 to 2013 in the SEER-Medicare database, with ≥ 2 years of follow-up after diagnosis, without previous DM claims. Incident DM was determined by ≥ 1 DM claims after BC diagnosis. Multivariable analysis was used to identify factors associated with incident DM. Age- and race-matched non-cancer controls were obtained from a 5% random sample and assigned an index date. Physician and PCP visits per-patient-per-year were compared between cases and controls in the two-year period prior to and after the index date.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Accordino MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8403515 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature