Biological embodiment of educational attainment and future risk of breast cancer: findings from a French prospective cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with higher educational attainment have a higher risk of developing breast cancer (BC). Despite the acknowledged impact of reproductive and lifestyle factors, some excess risks remain unexplained. Many studies support the hypothesis that education has a distinctive effect on physiological processes associated with health, independently of known risk factors.

Objectives

In this study, we aimed to determine whether the biological embodiment of education could be part of the observed social inequalities in BC risk. We focused on biomarkers from several physiological systems examined individually, and jointly through a biological health score (BHS).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

This study, based on a subsample of the French E3N cohort,

SUBMITTER: Berger E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800216 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature