ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2011
Adult body size, hormone receptor status, and premenopausal breast cancer risk in a multiethnic population: the San Francisco Bay Area breast cancer study.
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- The relationship between central obesity and risk of breast cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of 7,989,315 women.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Body mass index and breast cancer risk according to postmenopausal estrogen-progestin use and hormone receptor status.Epidemiologic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Effect of body mass index on breast cancer during premenopausal and postmenopausal periods: a meta-analysis.PloS one · 2012Pooled it
- The association between adiposity indices and the odds of breast cancer based on findings from a case control study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Association of lipid profile with obesity among breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.Lipids in health and disease · 2022Article
- Anthropometric measures and breast cancer risk among Hispanic women in Puerto Rico.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2022Article
- The Association between Obesity and Premenopausal Breast Cancer According to Intrinsic Subtypes - a Systematic Review.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2020Article
- Anthropometry, body shape in early-life and risk of premenopausal breast cancer among Latin American women: results from the PRECAMA study.Scientific reports · 2020Observational
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- A Pooled Analysis of Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer Risk by Hormone Receptor Status in Parous Hispanic Women.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Association of white blood cell count with breast cancer burden varies according to menopausal status, body mass index, and hormone receptor status: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Pubertal growth and adult height in relation to breast cancer risk in African American women.International journal of cancer · 2017Article
- Differential Patterns of Risk Factors for Early-Onset Breast Cancer by ER Status in African American Women.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2017Article
- Traditional Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Filipina Americans Compared with Chinese and Japanese Americans in Los Angeles County.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2016Article
- Body mass index, weight change, and risk of second primary breast cancer in the WECARE study: influence of estrogen receptor status of the first breast cancer.Cancer medicine · 2016Article
- Aromatase expression and regulation in breast and endometrial cancer.Journal of molecular endocrinology · 2016Review
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Abstract
Large body size has been associated with a reduced risk of premenopausal breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women. Data on other racial/ethnic populations are limited. The authors examined the association between premenopausal breast cancer risk and adult body size in 672 cases and 808 controls aged ≥35 years from a population-based case-control study conducted in 1995-2004 in the San Francisco Bay Area (Hispanics: 375 cases, 483 controls; African Americans: 154 cases, 160 controls; non-Hispanic whites: 143 cases, 165 controls). Multivariate adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated using unconditional logistic regression. Height was associated with increased breast cancer risk (highest vs. lowest quartile: odds ratio = 1.77, 95% confidence interval: 1.23, 2.53; P(trend) < 0.01); the association did not vary by hormone receptor status or race/ethnicity. Body mass index (measured as weight (kg) divided by height (m) squared) was inversely associated with risk in all 3 racial/ethnic groups, but only for estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-positive tumors (body mass index ≥30 vs. <25: odds ratio = 0.42; 95% confidence interval: 0.29, 0.61). Other body size measures (current weight, body build, adult weight gain, young adult weight and body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio) were similarly inversely associated with risk of estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer but not estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-negative disease. Despite racial/ethnic differences in body size, inverse associations were similar across the 3 racial/ethnic groups when stratified by hormone receptor status.
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