Why the study?
Evidence is limited regarding the association between lifestyles and cardiovascular disease, and whether healthy lifestyles offset genetic CVD risk in females with breast cancer.
Does adherence to a healthy lifestyle reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in female breast cancer survivors, particularly those with high genetic risk?
Does adherence to a healthy lifestyle reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in female breast cancer survivors, particularly those with high genetic risk?
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle significantly reduces the risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, and heart failure in female breast cancer survivors, effectively offsetting high genetic risk.
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May support lifestyle counseling in high-genetic-risk breast cancer survivors; leaves open causal effects pending trials.
BACKGROUND: Evidence is limited regarding the association between lifestyles and cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the extent to which healthy lifestyles could offset the genetic risk of CVD in females with breast cancer (BC). METHODS: Females diagnosed as BC, who were free of CVD at baseline, from UK Biobank were included. Five modifiable lifestyle factors were considered to calculate the healthy lifestyle score, namely body mass index (BMI), smoking, alcohol drinking, dietary habits, and physical activity. The polygenetic risk score (PRS) was derived for coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic stroke (IS), and heart failure (HF). Among participants at high genetic risk, a healthy lifestyle was associated with a lower risk of CHD (HR: 0.37; 95%CI: 0.24, 0.56), IS (HR: 0.37; 95%CI: 0.15, 0.93) and HF (HR: 0.39; 95%CI: 0.21, 0.73). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that BC survivors with a high genetic risk could benefit more from adherence to a healthy lifestyle in reducing CVD risk.
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