Impaired fasting glucose in breast cancer survivors of a general hospital at Mexico City: A case series study

Background: according to an anglo.saxon study, in breast cancer survivors, there is a high prevalence of impaired fasting glucose. ouraim was to assess the impaired fasting glucose occurring in mexican woman survivors of breast cancer. materials and methods: at ageneral hospital in mexico city, women with breast cancer with a surviving .2 years, without type 2 diabetes mellitus, were studied.the analysis included demographic and anthropometric features, time of surviving, and blood levels of lipids and glucose.results: the sample was 119 women. impaired fasting glucose happened in 53 (44.5%). in those with normal weight (n = 28),impaired fasting glucose occurred in 9 (32.1%); however, in overweight participants (n = 48), it developed in 22 (45.8%) and in obeseparticipants (n = 43) in 22 (51.1%). conclusion: impaired fasting glucose is usual in mexican breast cancer survivors. it is more inobese and overweight women compared to normal weight.