Energy Intake and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: An Expanded Analysis in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) Cohort
Sue LY, Schairer C, Ma X, Williams C, Chang SC, Miller AB, McCarty CA, Willcox BJ, Ziegler RG. Energy Intake and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: An Expanded Analysis in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2009, 18: 2842-2850. PMID: 19843674, PMCID: PMC2783562, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-09-0087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood frequency questionnaireOvarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) cohortPostmenopausal breast cancerBreast cancerEnergy intakeTrial cohortDietary assessmentIncident breast cancerBody mass indexBreast cancer riskFirst food frequency questionnaireLower energy intakeModest positive associationMultivariate RRsFrequency questionnaireHighest quartileMass indexLowest quartilePhysical activitySimilar riskCancer riskHuman studiesAge 55CancerAnimal experiments