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Perinatal factors and breast cancer risk among Hispanics

Authors
Maureen Sandersona, b, *, msanderson@mmc.edu, Adriana Pérezc, d, Mirabel L. Weriwoha, Leah R. Alexandera, Gerson Peltze, Vincent Agbotoa, b, Heather O’Harab, Waseem Khoderf
aSchool of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208, USA
bDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208, USA
cDivision of Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus, 1616 Guadalupe St., Suite 6.300, Austin, TX 78701, USA
dMichael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, 1616 Guadalupe St., Suite 6.300, Austin, TX 78701, USA
eDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Brownsville, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
fDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208, USA
*Corresponding author at: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208, USA. Tel.: +1 615 321 2977; fax: +1 615 327 6296.
Corresponding Author
Maureen Sandersonmsanderson@mmc.edu
Received 6 September 2012, Revised 7 February 2013, Accepted 10 February 2013, Available Online 13 March 2013.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.02.004How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Breast neoplasms; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Risk factors; Hispanic Americans; Case–control studies
Abstract

Purpose: This study assessed whether perinatal factors were associated with breast cancer among Hispanics, a group with fairly low incidence rates of breast cancer.

Methods: Data were used from a case–control study of breast cancer among Hispanics aged 30–79 conducted between 2003 and 2008 on the Texas–Mexico border. In-person interviews were completed with 188 incident breast cancer cases ascertained through surgeons and oncologists, and 974 controls (with respective response rates of 97% and 78%).

Results: Relative to birth weight 2500–3999 g, there was no elevation in breast cancer risk for birth weight of ⩾4000 g (odds ratio [OR] 0.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47–1.21).

Conclusions: The results tended to differ slightly from previous studies of this topic perhaps owing to the different hormonal milieu among Hispanics relative to Caucasians, African Americans and Asians in whom all previous studies of this topic have been conducted. Confirmation of these findings in larger studies may assist in determining how hormonal mechanisms responsible for breast cancer differ by ethnicity.

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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Journal
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Volume-Issue
3 - 2
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89 - 94
Publication Date
2013/03/13
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.02.004How to use a DOI?
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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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