NDLI: Body size and breast cancer in a black population—The Barbados National Cancer Study

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Author	Nemesure, Barbara Wu, Suh Yuh Hennis, Anselm Leske, M. Cristina
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	To evaluate the relationship between body size and incident breast cancer in an African-origin Caribbean population.This investigation is based on 222 incident breast cancer cases and 454 controls from the Barbados National Cancer Study (BNCS) in whom body size variables that included height, weight, body-mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences (WC, HC), and waist−hip ratio (WHR) were compared. Multivariate-adjusted logistic regression analyses were performed and the findings are presented as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).Although 33% of cases and 39% of controls were obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), BMI was not found to be a significant predictor of breast cancer in the multivariate analyses. Tall stature increased risk among women ≥50 years (OR = 2.16, 95% CI (1.02, 4.58)), and a dual effect with age was suggested for both WC and WHR (decreased risk for those aged ≤50 years; increased risk among those ≥50 years).Body size appears to influence the risk of breast cancer in this population of African origin. The BNCS data suggest that a few, but not all body size factors play a role in breast cancer risk, and that age may affect these relationships.
Starting Page	387
Ending Page	394
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09575243
Journal	Cancer Causes & Control
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737225
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2008-11-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Height Weight Body circumferences Breast cancer African ancestry Hematology Epidemiology Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Oncology Biomedicine general Cancer Research
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cancer Research Oncology

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