ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2019
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incidence of breast cancer: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Project.
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- Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Sugar, and Fiber Intake in Association With Breast Cancer Risk: An Updated Meta-analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Association of soft drinks and 100% fruit juice consumption with risk of cancer: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Pooled it
- Association between ultra-processed food consumption and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
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- Consumption of Sweet Beverages and Cancer Risk. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- The association between plant-based dietary patterns and risk of breast cancer: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Binge Drinking and Risk of Breast Cancer: Results from the SUN ('Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra') Project.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Sugar sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages, fruit and vegetable juices and cancer risk: a World Cancer Research Fund International Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) systematic literature review and meta-analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Cohort Profile Update: The 'Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra' (SUN) study after 24 years of follow-up.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- The mediating roles of anthropo-metabolic biomarkers on the association between beverage consumption and breast cancer risk.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and Breast Cancer: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Association of sweetened beverage intake with incident risk of breast cancer: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Associations of the Healthy Beverage Index (HBI) and the risk of Breast Cancer (BrCa): a case-control study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Dietary carbohydrate quality index and incidence of obesity-related cancers in the "Seguimiento Universidad De Navarra" (SUN) prospective cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
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- Pro-Vegetarian Food Patterns and Cancer Risk among Italians from the Moli-Sani Study Cohort.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The Health and Economic Impact of Using a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax to Fund Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies in New York City: A Modeling Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
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- Vitamin D and Risk of Obesity-Related Cancers: Results from the SUN ('Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra') Project.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeBreast cancer (BC) incidence is increasing worldwide. Higher insulin resistance may potentially lead to an increased risk of BC. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are an acknowledged dietary factor that increases insulin resistance. However, the association between SSB and BC has not been widely explored. We evaluated the association between baseline consumption of SSB and the incidence of BC among relatively young women in a cohort of Spanish university graduates.
methodsWe evaluated 10,713 middle-aged, Spanish female university graduates (median age 33) from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort, initially free of BC. SSB consumption was collected at baseline using a validated 136-item semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire. Incidence of BC was confirmed by a trained oncologist using medical records. We fitted Cox regression models to assess the relationship between baseline categories of SSB consumption and the incidence of BC during follow-up. We stratified the analyses by menopausal status.
resultsDuring 106,189 person-years follow-up, 100 incident cases of BC were confirmed. Among postmenopausal women, regular consumption of SSB was associated with a significantly higher incidence of BC (HR 2.12; 95% CI 1.02, 4.41) in the fully adjusted model, compared to women who never or seldom consumed SSB. No association was found among premenopausal women (HR 1.16; 95% CI 0.66, 2.07).
conclusionsEven though the number of cases was small, in this Mediterranean cohort, we observed a direct association between SSB consumption and BC risk among postmenopausal women. Nonetheless further larger longitudinal studies are needed to support this association.
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