Dietary glycaemic index and glycaemic load in relation to risk of breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous studies on the association between glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) in relation to breast cancer risk are contradictory. The aim of this study was to examine the association between dietary GI and GL and risk of breast cancer in Iranian women.

Design

Population-based case-control study. Dietary GI and GL were assessed using a validated Willett-format 106-item semi-quantitative FFQ.

Setting

Isfahan, Iran.

Participants

Cases were 350 patients with newly diagnosed stage I-IV breast cancer, for whom the status of breast cancer was confirmed by physical examination and mammography. Controls were 700 age-matched apparently healthy individuals who were randomly selected from general population.

Results

After controlling for potent

SUBMITTER: Rigi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991635 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature