Cabbage and Sauerkraut Consumption in Adolescence and Adulthood and Breast Cancer Risk among US-Resident Polish Migrant Women.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer (BC) incidence and mortality are lower in Poland than in the United States (US). However, Polish-born migrant women to US approach the higher BC mortality rates of US women. We evaluated the association between consumption of cabbage/sauerkraut foods and BC risk in Polish-born migrants to US. We conducted a case-control study of BC among Polish-born migrants in Cook County and the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Cases (n = 131) were 20-79 years old with histological/cytological confirmation of invasive BC. Population-based controls (n = 284) were frequency matched to cases on age and residence. Food frequency questionnaires assessed diet during adulthood and age 12-13 years. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were estimated with conditional logistic regression.

SUBMITTER: Pathak DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8535652 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature