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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings recently were reported by M. Tseng and co-researchers
July 3rd, 2008
According to a study from the United States, " Whether dietary patterns, rather than single foods or nutrients, are associated with breast density is not known. We investigated this in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study." " Participants completed a 153-item food frequency questionnaire and provided screening mammograms for breast density assessment using a computer-assisted method. We used multivariate linear regression to quantify dietary pattern-breast density associations. Among 3,147 women with dietary information, three dietary patterns emerged from principal components analysis: a fruit-vegetable-cereal pattern, a salad-sauce-pasta/grain pattern, and a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-03)
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