Associations between Medical Conditions and Breast Cancer Risk in Asians: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan

The breast cancer incidence in Asia is rising. To explore whether the etiology of breast cancer is different from the known risk factors from studies in Western countries, we conducted a nested case-control study using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). All med...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-11, Vol.10 (11), p.e0143410-e0143410
Main Authors: Chuang, Shu-Chun, Wu, Guo-Jie, Lu, Yen-Shen, Lin, Ching-Hung, Hsiung, Chao Agnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Analysis
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms - etiology
Cancer
Cancer screening
Care and treatment
Case-Control Studies
Chronic Disease - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Confidence intervals
Diagnosis
Digits
Diseases
Disorders
Endometriosis
Estrogens
Etiology
Female
Fibroids
Health insurance
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Health Status
Humans
Hypertension
Lipid metabolism
Literature reviews
Medical diagnosis
Medical research
Metabolism
Middle Aged
Obesity
Online databases
Population studies
Population Surveillance
Population-based studies
Regression analysis
Risk
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Statistical analysis
Studies
Taiwan - epidemiology
Thyroid cancer
Uterus
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:The breast cancer incidence in Asia is rising. To explore whether the etiology of breast cancer is different from the known risk factors from studies in Western countries, we conducted a nested case-control study using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). All medical conditions based on the first three digits of the ICD-9 and a list of medical conditions based on literature review were retrieved for each case and control. The odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the associations between medical conditions and breast cancer risks were estimated using conditional logistic regression and adjusted for occupation, number of breast cancer screening, and the average number of outpatient visits prior the diagnosis. The associations were also estimated for younger (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143410