Open AccessBody fatness throughout the life course and the incidence of premenopausal breast cancer
Author(s) -
Fei Xue,
Bernard Rosner,
Heather Eliassen,
Karin B. Michels
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw149
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , body mass index , hazard ratio , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , risk factor , odds ratio , gynecology , cancer , obstetrics , demography , optics , physics , sociology
The role of body fatness in the aetiology of breast cancer is complex. We evaluated the independent and synergistic effects of body fatness, at different stages throughout a woman's life course, on premenopausal breast cancer risk.
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