In:
International Journal of Cancer, Wiley, Vol. 146, No. 6 ( 2020-03-15), p. 1541-1552
Kurzfassung:
What's new? Being overweight boosts the risk of breast cancer, but the mechanism is still unclear. Overweight women have higher circulating estrogen levels, which may play a role. Here, the authors calculated the extent to which free estradiol and fasting insulin levels mediated the association between breast cancer and adiposity. They used BMI and waist circumference as measures of adiposity. Using a novel, multiple‐mediator approach, they found that circulating estradiol concentrations accounted for about half of the association between obesity and ER‐positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Their analysis found no evidence that insulin plays a role.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0020-7136
,
1097-0215
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Wiley
Publikationsdatum:
2020
ZDB Id:
218257-9
ZDB Id:
1474822-8