Do extremes in body mass index affect overall survival in women with cervical cancer?
Both extremes of weight (underweight and overweight/obesity) were associated with worse survival in patients with cervical cancer. Optimizing weight in cervical cancer patients may improve outcomes in these patients.
ABI is significantly lower in patients with than in those without microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes. An ABI<0.9 has a low to modest sensitivity, but a high specificity for the diagnosis of these complications. Our results suggest a potential role for ABI as a surrogate marker of microvascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients.