ArticleGynecologic oncology2020
Cardiometabolic comorbidities and epithelial ovarian cancer risk among African-American women in the African-American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES).
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- Hypertension as a Predictor of Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Antihypertensive Drug Target Genes and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Women with suspected diagnosis of ovarian cancer in Ghana: how much do we know about them?Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Hypertension and ovarian cancer risk: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2026Review
- Diabetes mellitus and the risk of ovarian cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- The association between gestational diabetes mellitus and cancer in women: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
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- Dietary fats and serum lipids in relation to the risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Association of Hypertension and Organ-Specific Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Prospective Analyses of Sedentary Behavior in Relation to Risk of Ovarian Cancer.American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- The Relationship Between Anti-Hypertensive Drugs and Cancer: Anxiety to be Resolved in Urgent.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundStudies that have examined the association between cardiovascular comorbidities and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) have yielded inconsistent results. It remains unknown whether cardiometabolic disease is associated with EOC in African American (AA) women, who have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease and lower risk of EOC than White women. Here, we estimate the effect of cardiovascular comorbid conditions and EOC risk among AA women.
methodsData were available from 593 ovarian carcinoma patients and 752 controls enrolled in the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES). Participants were asked to self-report a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes and any current medication use. The relationship between hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and medications taken for these conditions was determined using multivariate logistic regression.
resultsHypertension was associated with an increased risk (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.01, 1.73), whereas diabetes and hyperlipidemia were associated with a decreased risk (aOR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.49, 0.91 and aOR = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.47, 0.80, respectively) of EOC. Use of anti-diabetic medication was inversely associated with EOC risk, as was use of lipid lowering medications (in the overall study population), which were predominantly statins. Among women with hypertension, use of anti-hypertensive medications was inversely associated with EOC risk, with associations that were most pronounced for diuretics, ARBs and ACE inhibitors.
conclusionHypertension was associated with an increased EOC risk in this patient population, whereas an inverse association was observed for diabetes and hyperlipidemia. The decreased risk of EOC identified with use of anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetes or lipid-lowering medications could have implications for risk reduction strategies.
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