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SUBMITTER: Sangaramoorthy M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3461314 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sangaramoorthy Meera M Phipps Amanda I AI Horn-Ross Pamela L PL Koo Jocelyn J John Esther M EM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20111104 12
<h4>Background</h4>Adult body size has long been known to influence breast cancer risk, and there is now increasing evidence that childhood and adolescent body size may also play a role.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the association with body size at ages 10, 15, and 20 years in 475 premenopausal and 775 postmenopausal Hispanic women who participated in a population-based case-control study of breast cancer conducted from 1995 to 2004 in the San Francisco Bay Area. We used unconditional logistic re ...[more]