"Risk of Breast Cancer in Young Women in Relation to Body Size and Weight Gain in Adolescence and Early Adulthood."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in British Journal of Cancer, "Findings have been inconsistent on effects of adolescent body size and adult weight gain on risk of breast cancer in young women. These relations were examined in a population-based case control study of 1,590 women less than 45 years of age newly diagnosed with breast cancer during 1990-1992 in three areas of the US and an age-matched control group of 1,390 women. Height and weight were measured at interview and participants asked to recall information about earlier body size. Logistic regression was used to estimate the relative risk of breast cancer adjusted for other risk factors. Women who...

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