Cohort Study of Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Post Menopausal Women

OBJECTIVES: The present study assessed more than 800 potential risk factors to identify new predictors of breast cancer and compare the independence and relative importance of established risk factors. METHODS: Data were collected by the Women’s Health Initiative and included 147,202 women ages 50 t...

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Published in:Epidemiology and health 2013, 35(0), , pp.1-8
Main Author: Arthur J. Hartz
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:OBJECTIVES: The present study assessed more than 800 potential risk factors to identify new predictors of breast cancer and compare the independence and relative importance of established risk factors. METHODS: Data were collected by the Women’s Health Initiative and included 147,202 women ages 50 to 79 who were enrolled from 1993 to 1998 and followed for 8 years. Analyses performed in 2011 and 2012used the Cox proportional hazard regression to test the association between more than 800 baseline risk factors and incident breast cancer. RESULTS: Baseline factors independently associated with subsequent breast cancer at the p
ISSN:2092-7193