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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 127, Issue 9, Pages 2159-2168Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25215
Keywords
BMI; breast cancer; calcium; parathyroid hormone; vitamin D
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- Swedish Research Council [K2007-69X-20487-01-3]
- Ernhold Lundstrom Foundation
- Einar and Inga Nilsson Foundation
- Malmo University Hospital Cancer Research Fund
- Malmo University Hospital Funds and Donations
- Crafoord Foundation
- Region of Sickle
- Mossfelt Foundation
- Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Foundation
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Previous studies indicate that calcium and its regulating hormones, i.e., parathyroid hormone (PTH) and vitamin D, might affect breast cancer risk. Evidence also suggests that this relationship could be influenced by menopausal status and BMI. We examined breast cancer risk related to prediagnostic serum levels of vitamin D (25OHD(2) and 25OHD(3)), PTH and calcium using a nested case-control design within the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study. There were 764 incident breast cancer cases, and 764 controls were selected by incidence density matching, using age as the underlying time scale, matching on calendar time at inclusion, menopausal status arid age at inclgsion Using logistic regression analysis, Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated for breast cancer risk in different quartiles of the analyzed fattors. All analyses were adjusted for risk factors for breast cancer, and for levels of albumin, creatinine and phosphate. Analyses were repeated stratified for BMI and menopausal status, and for low vs. high levels of 25OHD(3), PTH and calcium. There was a weak, nonsignificant inverse association between breast cancer risk and 25OH(3), and the OR for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quartiles, as compared to the first, were 0.84 (0.60-1.15), 0.84 (0.60-1.17) and 0.93 (0.66-1.33). Serum calcium was positively associated with breast cancer in premenopausal women (OR for the 4th quartile = 3.10:1.33-7.22 and p for quartile trend = 0.04), and in women with BMI > 25 (OR for the 4th quartile = 1.04:1.12-3.37 and p for trend < 0.01). There was no association between baseline serum PTH and breast cancer risk.
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