Titre : | Adult height and risk of breast cancer among white women in a case-control study. (1996) |
Auteurs : | Y. ZHANG ; T. COLTON ; L.A. CUPPLES ; S. HARLAP ; J.R. PALMER ; L. ROSENBERG ; S. SHAPIRO ; B.L. STROM ; M.E. WARSHAUER ; A.G. ZAUBER ; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. School of Public Health. Boston University. Boston MA. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 143, n° 11, 1996) |
Pagination : | 1123-1128 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Cancer ; Sein ; Femme ; Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Taille corporelle ; Anthropométrie ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Glande mammaire [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xZiuRz. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Data from a hospital-based case-control study were analyzed to evaluate the relation of adult height to the risk of breast cancer among white women. The authors compared 5,358 newly diagnosed breast cancer cases and 4,555 controls interviewed from 1976 to 1992 in hospitals located mainly in the United States. Overall, there was no association between stature and risk of breast cancer. In comparison with women whose heights were less than 62 inches ( |