Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.

Higher body mass index (BMI) measured before endometrial cancer diagnosis has been associated with greater risk of developing endometrial cancer and higher mortality, but the association between BMI measured after diagnosis and mortality risk is unclear. We identified 467 women (91 deaths) in the Wo...

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Main Authors: Hannah Arem, Ruth M Pfeiffer, Steven C Moore, Melinda L Irwin, Michael J LaMonte, Gloria E Sarto, Rami Nassir, Juhua Luo, Rowan T Chlebowski, Louise A Brinton, Charles E Matthews
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171250&type=printable
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author Hannah Arem
Ruth M Pfeiffer
Steven C Moore
Melinda L Irwin
Michael J LaMonte
Gloria E Sarto
Rami Nassir
Juhua Luo
Rowan T Chlebowski
Louise A Brinton
Charles E Matthews
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Steven C Moore
Melinda L Irwin
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description Higher body mass index (BMI) measured before endometrial cancer diagnosis has been associated with greater risk of developing endometrial cancer and higher mortality, but the association between BMI measured after diagnosis and mortality risk is unclear. We identified 467 women (91 deaths) in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) with information on BMI measured after diagnosis and used Cox proportional hazards regression to generate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for all-cause mortality. Comparing BMI 35+ with <25 kg/m2, we observed no association with all-cause mortality (HR = 1.02, 95% CI 0.55-1.91). Our study does not support the hypothesis that higher BMI after endometrial cancer diagnosis is associated with poorer survival.
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spelling doaj-art-365328f2eb264b9aa9c82319b960a2842025-08-20T02:03:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01122e017125010.1371/journal.pone.0171250Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.Hannah AremRuth M PfeifferSteven C MooreMelinda L IrwinMichael J LaMonteGloria E SartoRami NassirJuhua LuoRowan T ChlebowskiLouise A BrintonCharles E MatthewsHigher body mass index (BMI) measured before endometrial cancer diagnosis has been associated with greater risk of developing endometrial cancer and higher mortality, but the association between BMI measured after diagnosis and mortality risk is unclear. We identified 467 women (91 deaths) in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) with information on BMI measured after diagnosis and used Cox proportional hazards regression to generate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for all-cause mortality. Comparing BMI 35+ with <25 kg/m2, we observed no association with all-cause mortality (HR = 1.02, 95% CI 0.55-1.91). Our study does not support the hypothesis that higher BMI after endometrial cancer diagnosis is associated with poorer survival.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171250&type=printable
spellingShingle Hannah Arem
Ruth M Pfeiffer
Steven C Moore
Melinda L Irwin
Michael J LaMonte
Gloria E Sarto
Rami Nassir
Juhua Luo
Rowan T Chlebowski
Louise A Brinton
Charles E Matthews
Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
PLoS ONE
title Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
title_full Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
title_fullStr Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
title_full_unstemmed Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
title_short Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
title_sort post diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer results from the women s health initiative
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171250&type=printable
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