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Birth weight is associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk in Swedish women

Lahmann, PH ; Gullberg, B LU ; Olsson, H LU orcid ; Boeing, H ; Berglund, Göran LU and Lissner, L (2004) In British Journal of Cancer 91(9). p.1666-1668
Abstract
There is some evidence that birth weight is associated with breast cancer. Whether this association differs between premenopausal and postmenopausal ages is still unclear. The results from this study suggest that higher birth weight is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer (OR 1.06, CI 1.00-1.12, per 100 g), independent of selected early-life and adult factors.
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breast neoplasms, birth weight, maternal hypertension, postmenopausal
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British Journal of Cancer
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91
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9
pages
1666 - 1668
publisher
Nature Publishing Group
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  • pmid:15477861
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1532-1827
DOI
10.1038/sj.bjc.6602203
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English
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  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{British Journal of Cancer}},
  title        = {{Birth weight is associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk in Swedish women}},
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  doi          = {{10.1038/sj.bjc.6602203}},
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