Relationship of lifestyle habits to quality of life of recently diagnosed breast cancer between younger and older women in China

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in China. Hence, how best to live with and improve the quality of life (QOL) of this growing population of women is thus becoming of great public health importance. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship of lifestyle habits to QOL among younger and older women who were initially diagnosed with breast cancer within the first two weeks, determine the contribution of lifestyle habits factors on QOL. Methods: A multi-center, hospital-based, case control study was conducted among breast cancer women from 21 hospitals in 11 provinces or municipalities in northern and eastern China from April 2012 to April 2013. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Cancer (FACT-B) simplified Chinese version 4 was used to measure QOL. Chi-square test, t-test and Generalized Linear Models were conducted to verify differences in QOL between two groups and to evaluate the contribution of lifestyle habits factors (including smoking, passive smoking, alcohol intake, Tea, Coffee, Sleep satisfaction, Current life satisfaction, Physical activity, BMI) on QOL of breast cancer patients. Results: 1199 eligible breast cancer patients were used for analysis as appropriate. Younger women (age Citation Format: Chao Zheng, Liyuan Liu, Shude Cui, Fuguo Tian, Zhimin Fan, Cuizhi Geng, Xuchen Cao, Zhenlin Yang, Xiang Wang, Hong Liang, Shu Wang, Hongchuan Jiang, Xuening Duan, Haibo Wang, Guolou Li, Qitang Wang, Jianguo Zhang, Feng Jin, Jinhai Tang, Liang Li, Shiguang Zhu, Wenshu Zuo, Fei Wang, Lixiang Yu, Fei Zhou, Yujuan Xiang, Mingming Guo, Yongjiu Wang, Shuya Huang, Zhongbing Ma, Liang Li, Dezong Gao, Qiang Zhang, Qinye Fu, Zhigang Yu. Relationship of lifestyle habits to quality of life of recently diagnosed breast cancer between younger and older women in China [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-17-02.