Association between dietary fat and breast cancer in Puerto Rican postmenopausal women attending a breast cancer clinic
P. R. health sci. j
; 17(3): 235-41, Sept. 1998. tab
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
A pilot case-control study was conducted to examine the possible association between dietary fat intake and the development of postmenopausal breast cancer.BACKGROUND:
Studies regarding the association between dietary fat intake and the development of breast cancer among postmenopausal women are lacking in Puerto Rico.METHODS:
Eighteen cases and eighteen controls were interviewed to obtain sociodemographic information, medical history and dietary fat intake. A semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire containing 67 food items was used to collect the dietary information.RESULTS:
Unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and their 95 per cent confidence intervals (CI) showed a non-significant positive association for total fat intake and the development of postmenopausal breast cancer (OR = 1.57; 95 per cent CI 0.42-5.90, p = 0.25). The same non significant positive association was found for saturated fat intake (OR = 1.57; 95 per cent CI 0.42-5.90, p = 0.25). Polyunsaturated fat (OR = 1.25; 95 per cent CI 0.34-4.64, p = 0.37) and monounsaturated fat (OR = 1.25; 95 per cent CI 0.34-4.64, p = 0.37) were also positively associated with postmenopausal breast cancer, although the associations were not statistically significant.CONCLUSIONS:
These results are consistent with other case-control studies that have shown non-significant positive associations between total fat and the different components of dietary fat and postmenopausal breast cancer.
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Index:
LILACS
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Dietary Fats
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Language:
En
Journal:
P. R. health sci. j
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
1998
Type:
Article