Body size throughout adult life influences postmenopausal breast cancer risk among hispanic women: the breast cancer health disparities study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have assessed the association of body size with postmenopausal breast cancer risk in Hispanic women. Findings are inconsistent and appear to contradict those reported for non-Hispanic white (NHW) women.

Methods

We pooled interview and anthropometric data for 2,023 Hispanic and 2,384 NHW women from two U.S. population-based case-control studies. Using logistic regression analysis, we examined associations of overall and abdominal adiposity with risk of postmenopausal breast cancer defined by estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status.

Results

Weight gain was associated with increased risk of ER(+)PR(+) breast cancer in Hispanics not currently using menopausal hormone therapy (HT), but only among those with a low young-adult body

SUBMITTER: John EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4295775 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature