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SUBMITTER: Hart V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4633314 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hart Vicki V Reeves Katherine W KW Sturgeon Susan R SR Reich Nicholas G NG Sievert Lynnette Leidy LL Kerlikowske Karla K Ma Lin L Shepherd John J Tice Jeffrey A JA Mahmoudzadeh Amir Pasha AP Malkov Serghei S Sprague Brian L BL
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20150827 11
<h4>Background</h4>Understanding how changes in body mass index (BMI) relate to changes in mammographic density is necessary to evaluate adjustment for BMI gain/loss in studies of change in density and breast cancer risk. Increase in BMI has been associated with a decrease in percent density, but the effect on change in absolute dense area or volume is unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the association between change in BMI and change in volumetric breast density among 24,556 women in the San F ...[more]