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Dietary acrylamide intake and risk of breast cancer in the UK women's cohort.
- Source :
- British Journal of Cancer; 11/23/2010, Vol. 103 Issue 11, p1749-1754, 6p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>No studies to date have demonstrated a clear association with breast cancer risk and dietary exposure to acrylamide.<bold>Methods: </bold>A 217-item food frequency questionnaire was used to estimate dietary acrylamide intake in 33,731 women aged 35-69 years from the UK Women's Cohort Study followed up for a median of 11 years.<bold>Results: </bold>In all, 1084 incident breast cancers occurred during follow-up. There was no evidence of an overall association between acrylamide intake and breast cancer (hazard ratio=1.08 per 10 μg day(-1), 95% CI: 0.98-1.18, P(trend)=0.1). There was a suggestion of a possible weak positive association between dietary acrylamide intake and premenopausal breast cancer after adjustment for potential confounders (hazard ratio=1.2, 95% CI: 1.0-1.3, P(trend)=0.008). There was no suggestion of any association for postmenopausal breast cancer (hazard ratio=1.0, 95% CI: 0.9-1.1, P(trend)=0.99).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>There is no evidence of an association between dietary acrylamide intake and breast cancer. A weak association may exist with premenopausal breast cancer, but requires further investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00070920
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Cancer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 55369658
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605956