ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2009
Body size and breast cancer in a black population--the Barbados National Cancer Study.
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- Breast Cancer Research in the Caribbean: Analysis of Reports From 1975 to 2017.Journal of global oncology · 2018Pooled it
- Body mass index and breast cancer risk according to postmenopausal estrogen-progestin use and hormone receptor status.Epidemiologic reviews · 2014Pooled it
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- Breast Cancer in the Caribbean.Cureus · 2021Review
- Associations of anthropometric measures on breast cancer risk in pre- and postmenopausal women--a case-control study.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2016Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in the impact of obesity on breast cancer risk and survival: a global perspective.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2015Review
- Body size, modifying factors, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in a multiethnic population: the San Francisco Bay Area Breast Cancer Study.SpringerPlus · 2013Article
- Evaluating the Relationship between Body Size and Body Shape with the Risk of Breast Cancer.Oman medical journal · 2013Article
- Body fatness and breast cancer risk in women of African ancestry.BMC cancer · 2013Article
- Obesity/weight gain and breast cancer risk: findings from the Japan collaborative cohort study for the evaluation of cancer risk.Journal of epidemiology · 2013Article
- Body fat distribution and breast cancer risk: findings from the Nigerian breast cancer study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2012Article
- The role of anthropometric and nutritional factors on breast cancer risk in African-American women.Public health nutrition · 2012Review
- Body mass index and waist circumference are predictor biomarkers of breast cancer risk in Iranian women.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2011Article
- Adult body size, hormone receptor status, and premenopausal breast cancer risk in a multiethnic population: the San Francisco Bay Area breast cancer study.American journal of epidemiology · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the relationship between body size and incident breast cancer in an African-origin Caribbean population.
methodsThis 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).
resultsAlthough 33% of cases and 39% of controls were obese (BMI > or = 30 kg/m(2)), BMI was not found to be a significant predictor of breast cancer in the multivariate analyses. Tall stature increased risk among women > or =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 < or =50 years; increased risk among those > or =50 years).
conclusionsBody 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.
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