ArticleScientific reports2021
A case-control study in France showing that a pro-inflammatory diet is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.
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- Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk, prognosis, and quality of life: A systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- The association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and breast cancer risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The estrobolome: Estrogen-metabolizing pathways of the gut microbiome and their relation to breast cancer.International journal of cancer · 2025Review
- Important Nutritional Concepts and Recommendations at the Level of Medical School Education.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Relationship between diagnostic characteristics, lifestyle habits and breast cancer subtypes in women.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Dietary Inflammatory Index and risk of breast cancer: evidence from a prospective cohort of 67,879 women followed for 20 years in France.European journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Dietary Inflammatory Index, Obesity, and the Incidence of Colorectal Cancer: Findings from a Hospital-Based Case-Control Study in Malaysia.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
Dietary regimens promoting inflammatory conditions have been implicated in breast cancer development, but studies on the association between pro-inflammatory diet and breast cancer risk have reported inconsistent results. We investigated the association between the inflammatory potential of diet and breast cancer risk in a case-control study in France including 872 breast cancer cases and 966 population controls. All women completed a food frequency questionnaire that was used to compute a Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) based on the inflammatory weight of 33 dietary components. The DII ranged from a median of - 3.22 in the lowest quartile (anti-inflammatory) to + 2.96 in the highest quartile (pro-inflammatory). The odds ratio contrasting quartile 4 to quartile 1 was 1.31 (95% CI 1.00, 1.73; p-trend = 0.02). Slightly higher odds ratios were observed in post-menopausal women, particularly those with body mass index > 25 kg/m
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