Title
Meat and dairy food consumption and breast cancer: A pooled analysis of cohort studies
Author
Missmer, S.A.
Smith-Warner, S.A.
Spiegelman, D.
Yaun, S.-S.
Adami, H.-O.
Beeson, W.L.
van den Brandt, P.A.
Fraserf, G.E.
Freudenheim, J.L.
Goldbohm, R.A.
Graham, S.
Kushi, L.H.
Miller, A.B.
Potter, J.D.
Rohan, T.E.
Speizer, F.E.
Toniolo, P.
Willett, W.C.
Wolk, A.
Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A.
Hunter, D.J.
Publication year
2002
Abstract
Background. More than 20 studies have investigated the relation between meat and dairy consumption and breast cancer risk with conflicting results. Our objective was evaluate the risk of breast cancer associated with meat and dairy food consumption and to assess whether non-dietary risk factors modify the relation. Methods. We combined the primary data from eight prospective cohort studies from North America and Western Europe with at least 200 incident breast cancer assessment of usual food and nutrient intakes, and a validation study of dietary assessment instrument. The pooled database included 351 041 women 7379 of whom were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during to 15 year of follow-up. Results. We found no significant association between intakes of total meat, red me white meat, total dairy fluids, or total dairy solids and breast cancer risk. Categor analyses suggested a J-shaped association for egg consumption where, comp to women who did not eat eggs, breast cancer risk was slightly decreased am women who consumed <2 eggs per week but slightly increased among women who consumed ≥1 egg per day. Conclusions. We found no significant associations between intake of meat or dairy produ and risk of breast cancer. An inconsistent relation between egg consumption risk of breast cancer merits further investigation.
Subject
Breast neoplasms
Dairy
Dietary studies
Epidemiology
Meat
Pooled analysis
cancer
cohort analysis
food consumption
health risk
adult
aged
article
breast cancer
cancer incidence
cancer invasion
cancer risk
cohort analysis
controlled study
dairy product
data base
disease association
egg
female
fluid intake
follow up
food intake
human
major clinical study
meat
medical assessment
North America
priority journal
prospective study
risk assessment
risk factor
Western Europe
Animals
Breast Neoplasms
Cohort Studies
Dairy Products
Eating
Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology)
Eggs
Female
Humans
Meat
Milk
Risk Factors
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TNO identifier
236519
ISSN
0300-5771
Source
International Journal of Epidemiology, 31 (1), 78-85
Document type
article