Open AccessType 2 diabetes and obesity in midlife and breast cancer risk in the Reykjavik cohort
Author(s) -
Gertraud Maskarinec,
Álfheiður Haraldsdóttir,
Kristjana Einarsdóttir,
Thor Aspelund,
Laufey Tryggvadóttír,
Tamara B. Harris,
Vilmundur Gudnason,
Jóhanna E. Torfadóttir
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-019-01213-y
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , hazard ratio , overweight , cohort , type 2 diabetes , incidence (geometry) , cancer , body mass index , cancer registry , cohort study , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , gynecology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , physics , optics
As obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been increasing worldwide, we investigated their association with breast cancer incidence in the Reykjavik Study.