Nutritional Sciences
- Volume 6 Issue 2
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- Pages.106-112
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- 2003
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- 1229-232X(pISSN)
Nutrient Intake and Breast Cancer Risk in Korean Women : A case - control study
- Do, Min-Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Hanyang University) ;
- Lee, Sang-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Hanyang University) ;
- Jung, Pa-Jong (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
- Lee, Min-Hyuk (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
- Published : 2003.05.01
Abstract
To investigate the association between breast cancer risk and nutrient intake in Korean women, a case-control study was carried out. Incident cases (n=224) were identified through cancer biopsy between february 1999 and December 2000 at two university hospitals in Seoul. Hospital-based controls (n=250) were selected from patients in the same hospitals, during the same periods. food intake was investigated with semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (98 items) by a trained dietitian. Subjects were asked to indicate the average intake, for a 12-month period of three years prior to the baseline phase. In this study, no apparent association was found between fat intake level and breast cancer risk. High fiber intake showed a significant inverse association only among premenopausal women. In terms of antioxidant vitamins,