Spanish Mediterranean diet and other dietary patterns and breast cancer risk: case-control EpiGEICAM study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there are solid findings regarding the detrimental effect of alcohol consumption, the existing evidence on the effect of other dietary factors on breast cancer (BC) risk is inconclusive. This study aimed to evaluate the association between dietary patterns and risk of BC in Spanish women, stratifying by menopausal status and tumour subtype, and to compare the results with those of Alternate Healthy Index (AHEI) and Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score (aMED).

Methods

We recruited 1017 incident BC cases and 1017 matched healthy controls of similar age (±5 years) without a history of BC. The association between 'a priori' and 'a posteriori' developed dietary patterns and BC in general and according to menopausal status and intrinsic tumour subtypes (ER+/PR+ a

SUBMITTER: Castello A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4183855 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature