The Relationship of Breast and Gynecological Cancers with Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome - An Examination of NHANES Data 2001 - 2010

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  • Barbara A. Yankey
  • Michael P. Eriksen
  • Monica H. Swahn
چکیده

Background: Breast and Gynecological cancers are a major public health problem. Smoking is a lifestyle associated with several chronic diseases including cancer, and is a cause of preventable death. Other lifestyles of public health concern like poor dietary habits and lack of exercise, predisposes many people to dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity; which are risk factors for metabolic syndrome, and are associated with cancer. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find if those who smoke, and have the metabolic syndrome, are more likely to have breast or gynecological cancers, and to find the distribution by education, having health insurance, race/ethnicity and socio-economic status.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015