Cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality among women with a history of endometrial cancer.
Among 7182 women with endometrial cancer in Scotland, standardised mortality ratios (and 95% confidence intervals (CI)) were 6.38 (5.74-7.15) for all cancers and 1.10 (1.00-1.22) for circulatory diseases as underlying cause of death and 2.81 (2.19-3.70) for diabetes as underlying/contributory cause of death.
Wild
S H
SH
Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Sarah.wild@ed.ac.uk
Bryden
J R
JR
Lee
R J
RJ
Bishop
J L
JL
Finlayson
A R
AR
Byrne
C D
CD
Brewster
D H
DH
D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000150:complications*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D015897:Comorbidity; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000401:mortality; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology