The association between meat and fish intake by preparation methods and breast cancer in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study (CBCS).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined the associations between intake of meat and fish by preparation methods and breast cancer in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study, a racially diverse population-based case-control study.

Methods

African American (AA) and European American (EA) women aged 20-74 years with a first diagnosis of invasive or in situ breast cancers were frequency matched by race and age group to controls identified through the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles and Medicare lists [AA: 548 cases, 452 controls; EA: 858 cases, 748 controls]. Participants self-reported meat preparation methods and intake frequencies. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, race, alcohol intake, body ma

SUBMITTER: Omofuma OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8997170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature