Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Journal
PLoS One
Volume
12
Issue
2
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0171250
Abstract
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/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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APA Citation
Arem, H., Pfeiffer, R., Moore, S., Irwin, M., LaMonte, M., Sarto, G., Nassir, R., Luo, J., Chlebowski, R., Brinton, L., & Matthews, C. (2017). Post-diagnosis body mass index and mortality among women diagnosed with endometrial cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.. PLoS One, 12 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171250
Peer Reviewed
1
Open Access
1
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