PGR and diabetes mellitus: After adjusting for the following statistically significant covariates and the confounding factors, i.e., marital status, smoking status, ER and PR status, as well BMI and diabetes, we came to the following conclusions: Black survivors were more likely to develop hypertension when compared to White survivors (HR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.39–2.43) (Table 2).