THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND BREAST-CANCER RISK - EVIDENCE FROM THE COMBINED ANALYSIS OF 6 DIETARY CASE-CONTROL STUDIES

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HOWE, G
ROHAN, T
DECARLI, A
ISCOVICH, J
KALDOR, J
KATSOUYANNI, K
MARUBINI, E
MILLER, A
RIBOLI, E
TONIOLO, P
TRICHOPOULOS, D
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[1] UNIV MILAN, IST STAT MED & BIOMETRIA, I-20122 MILAN, ITALY
[2] MINIST HLTH, DEPT EPIDEMIOL STUDIES, LA PLATA, ARGENTINA
[3] ISRAEL CTR REGISTRAT CANC & ALLIED DIS, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
[4] INT AGCY RES CANC, F-69372 LYONS, FRANCE
[5] UNIV ATHENS, DEPT HYG & EPIDEMIOL, ATHENS, GREECE
[6] UNIV TORONTO, FAC MED, DEPT PREVENT MED & BIOSTAT, TORONTO M5S 1A1, ONTARIO, CANADA
[7] NYU MED CTR, DEPT ENVIRONM MED, NEW YORK, NY 10016 USA
[8] HARVARD UNIV, SCH PUBL HLTH, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
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10.1002/ijc.2910470514
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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摘要
Data from 1,575 cases and 1,974 controls enrolled in 6 previously conducted case-control studies of diet and breast cancer have been analysed with respect to alcohol intake. There appears to be an absence of any association between consumption of up to 40 g of alcohol per day and risk of breast cancer, and a highly statistically significant and consistent elevated risk of breast cancer for drinkers of 40 g or more of alcohol per day, for whom the relative risk, as compared with that of non-drinkers, is 1.69 (95% confidence interval 1.19 to 2.40). This association is not due to confounding by a number of diet-related factors, including total calories, fat, fibre and vitamin C.
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