The Role of Body Mass Index at Diagnosis on Black-White Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival: A Density Regression Mediation Approach

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dc.contributor.authorDevick, Katrina L.
dc.contributor.authorValeri, Linda
dc.contributor.authorChen, Jarvis
dc.contributor.authorJara, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorBind, Marie-Abèle
dc.contributor.authorCoull, Brent A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-28T19:56:52Z
dc.date.available2024-06-28T19:56:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe study of racial/ethnic inequalities in health is important to reduce the uneven burden of disease. In the case of colorectal cancer (CRC), disparities in survival among non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks are well documented, and mechanisms leading to these disparities need to be studied formally. It has also been established that body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for developing CRC, and recent literature shows BMI at diagnosis of CRC is associated with survival. Since BMI varies by racial/ethnic group, a question that arises is whether disparities in BMI is partially responsible for observed racial/ethnic disparities in CRC survival. This paper presents new methodology to quantify the impact of the hypothetical intervention that matches the BMI distribution in the Black population to a potentially complex distributional form observed in the White population on racial/ethnic disparities in survival. We perform a simulation that shows our proposed Bayesian density regression approach performs as well as or better than current methodology allowing for a shift in the mean of the distribution only, and that standard practice of categorizing BMI leads to large biases. When applied to motivating data from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS) Consortium, our approach suggests the proposed intervention is potentially beneficial for elderly and low income Black patients, yet harmful for young and high income Black populations.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1812.02829
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/86910
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Matemáticas; Jara Vallejos, Alejandro Antonio; 0000-0002-2282-353X; 127927
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dc.titleThe Role of Body Mass Index at Diagnosis on Black-White Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival: A Density Regression Mediation Approach
dc.typepreprint
sipa.codpersvinculados127927
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-06-24
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