Alcohol consumption trajectories and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a Danish cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for breast cancer (BC), yet little is known about longitudinal alcohol consumption patterns and risk of BC. This study aimed to investigate whether trajectory profiles of alcohol consumption across adulthood were associated with risk of first primary malignant BC in postmenopausal women. At baseline, 28,720 pre-and postmenopausal women aged 50-65 years from the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort reported their average alcohol intake over the past 12 months and their average alcohol intake at the ages of 20, 30, 40, and 50 years. Alcohol consumption trajectories were estimated using latent class mixed models. BC cases were identified through record linkage to the Danish Cancer Registry. To examine associations between alcohol consumption trajectories

SUBMITTER: Antoniussen CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680656 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature