Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking

The increase in life expectancy worldwide has resulted in a greater prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of cancer among Brazilian women over the age of 50. A cross-sectional study with 622 women over t...

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Main Authors:	Baccaro, Luiz Francisco, Conde, Délio Marques, Costa-Paiva, Lúcia, Machado, Vanessa de Souza Santos, Pinto-Neto, Aarão Mendes
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381268/

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spelling	pubmed-43812682015-05-04 Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking Baccaro, Luiz Francisco Conde, Délio Marques Costa-Paiva, Lúcia Machado, Vanessa de Souza Santos Pinto-Neto, Aarão Mendes Article The increase in life expectancy worldwide has resulted in a greater prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of cancer among Brazilian women over the age of 50. A cross-sectional study with 622 women over the age of 50 was performed using a population survey. The outcome variable was the occurrence of a malignant tumor in any location. The independent variables were sociodemographic characteristics, self-perception of health, health-related habits and morbidities. Statistical analysis was carried out using the chi-square test and Poisson regression. The mean age of the women was 64.1 years. The prevalence of cancer was 6.8%. The main sites of occurrence of malignant tumors were the breast (31.9%), colorectal (12.7%) and skin (12.7%). In the final statistical model, the only factor associated with cancer was smoking > 15 cigarettes/day either currently or in the past: PR 2.03 (95% CI 1.06–3.89). The results have improved understanding of the prevalence and factors associated with cancer in Brazilian women aged 50 years or more. They should be encouraged to maintain a healthy lifestyle and pay particular attention to modifiable risk factors such as smoking. MDPI 2015-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4381268/ /pubmed/25790469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers7010450 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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author	Baccaro, Luiz Francisco Conde, Délio Marques Costa-Paiva, Lúcia Machado, Vanessa de Souza Santos Pinto-Neto, Aarão Mendes
spellingShingle	Baccaro, Luiz Francisco Conde, Délio Marques Costa-Paiva, Lúcia Machado, Vanessa de Souza Santos Pinto-Neto, Aarão Mendes Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking
author_facet	Baccaro, Luiz Francisco Conde, Délio Marques Costa-Paiva, Lúcia Machado, Vanessa de Souza Santos Pinto-Neto, Aarão Mendes
author_sort	Baccaro, Luiz Francisco
title	Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking
title_short	Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking
title_full	Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking
title_fullStr	Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking
title_full_unstemmed	Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking
title_sort	cancer in women over 50 years of age: a focus on smoking
description	The increase in life expectancy worldwide has resulted in a greater prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of cancer among Brazilian women over the age of 50. A cross-sectional study with 622 women over the age of 50 was performed using a population survey. The outcome variable was the occurrence of a malignant tumor in any location. The independent variables were sociodemographic characteristics, self-perception of health, health-related habits and morbidities. Statistical analysis was carried out using the chi-square test and Poisson regression. The mean age of the women was 64.1 years. The prevalence of cancer was 6.8%. The main sites of occurrence of malignant tumors were the breast (31.9%), colorectal (12.7%) and skin (12.7%). In the final statistical model, the only factor associated with cancer was smoking > 15 cigarettes/day either currently or in the past: PR 2.03 (95% CI 1.06–3.89). The results have improved understanding of the prevalence and factors associated with cancer in Brazilian women aged 50 years or more. They should be encouraged to maintain a healthy lifestyle and pay particular attention to modifiable risk factors such as smoking.
publisher	MDPI
publishDate	2015
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381268/
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Cancer in Women over 50 Years of Age: A Focus on Smoking

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