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7717361

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
Adult height has been positively associated with the risk of breast cancer in a number of recent investigations. The authors assessed height in relation to breast cancer risk in a case-control study of US black women aged 25-69 years; 674 hospital patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer and 1,155 controls hospitalized for nonmalignant conditions unrelated to height were interviewed. After control for multiple confounders, the relative risk estimate for women < 61 inches (< 154.9 cm) tall was 0.5 (95% confidence interval (Cl) 0.3-0.7) relative to the median height of 64-65 inches (162.6-165.1 cm). Among women > or = 61 inches (> or = 154.9 cm) tall, there was little indication of any variation in risk with increasing height. The findings suggest that short stature is associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer in US black women.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
141
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
845-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Adult height and risk of breast cancer among US black women.
pubmed:affiliation
Slone Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Brookline, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.