Associations of alcohol, height, and reproductive factors with serum hormone concentrations in postmenopausal Japanese women. Steroid hormones in Japanese postmenopausal women

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-241

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Kabuto, Michinori ^b   Takatsuka, Naoyoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Estradiol; Postmenopausal japanese; Progesterone; Sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

BODY HEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 0030798064     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005831220205     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Bernstein L, Ross RK: Endogenous hormones and breast cancer risk. Epidemiol Review 15: 48-65, 1993
2. Pasqualini JR, Chetvite G, Nguyen B-L, Maloche C, Delalonde L, Talbi M, Feinstein M-C, Blacker C, Bottella J, Paris J: Estrone sulfate-sulfatase and 17 β-hydroxysteroid activities: A hypothesis for their role in the evolution of human breast cancer from hormone-dependence to hormone-independence. J Steroid Biochem Molec Biol 53: 407-412, 1995
3. Langley WS, Hammond GL, Bardsley A, Sellwood RA, Anderson DC: Serum steroid binding proteins and the bioavailability of estradiol in relation to breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 75: 823-829, 1985
4. Bennett IC, McCaffrey JF, McCaffrey E, Wyatt B: Serum oestradiol in women with and without breast disease. Br J Cancer 61: 142-146, 1990
5. Key TJA, Pike MC: The role of oestrogens and progestagens in the epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 24: 29-43, 1988
6. Kavale G: Reproductive factors in breast cancer epidemiology. Acta Oncol 31: 187-119, 1992
7. Cauley JA, Gutai JP, Kuller LH, LeDonne D, Powell JG: The epidemiology of serum sex hormones in postmenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol 129: 1120-1131, 1989
8. Hankinson SE, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Manson JE, Willet WC, Stampfer MJ, Longcope C, Speizer FE: Reproductive factors and family history of breast cancer in relation to plasma estrogen and prolactin levels in postmenopausal women in the Nurses: Health Study (United States). Cancer Causes Control 6: 217-224, 1995
9. Ingram, DM, Nottage EM, Willcox DL, Roberts A: Oestrogen binding and risk factors for breast cancer. Br J Cancer 61: 303-307, 1990
10. Hutter DJ, Willet WC: Diet, body build, and breast cancer. Annu Rev Nutr 14: 393-418, 1994
11. Rosenberg L, Metzger LS, Palmer JR: Alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer: A review of the epidemiologic evidence. Epidemiol Rev 15: 133-144, 1993
12. Bernstein L, Henderson BE, Hanisch R, Sullivan-Hally J, Ross RK: Physical exercise and reduced risk of breast cancer in young women. J Natl Cancer Inst 86: 1403-1408, 1994
13. Dorgan JF, Brown C, Barrett M, Splansky GL, Kreger BE, Agostino RB, Albanes D, Schatzkin A: Physical activity and risk of breast cancer in the Framingham Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol 139: 662-669, 1994
14. Shimizu H: A Basic Report on Takayama Study. Department of Public Health. Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan, 1996
15. Numajiri K: Energy Metabolism of the Physical Activity. Research Institute of Labour Science, Tokyo, Japan, 1979, pp 238-290
16. Yanagibori RK, Aoki K, Suzuki Y, Gunji A: Evaluation of methods for measuring daily physical activity in terms of energy expenditure. Jpn J Public Health 38: 483-491, 1991
17. Hankinson SE, Willett WC, Manson JE, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, Longcope C, Speizer FE: Alcohol, height, and adiposity in relation to estrogen and prolactin levels in postmenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst 87: 1297-1302, 1995
18. Vermeulen A, Verdonck L: Factors affecting sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women. J Steroid Biochem 11: 899-904, 1979
19. Frumar AM, Meldrum DR, Geola F, Shamonki IM, Tataryn IV, Deftos LJ, Judd HL: Relationship of fasting urinary calcium to circulating estrogen and body weight in postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol 50: 70-75, 1980
20. Meldrum DR, Davidson BT, Tataryn IV, Judd HL: Changes in circulating steroids with aging in postmenopausal women. Obstet Gynecol 57: 624-628, 1981
21. Dubin N, Pasternak BS, Strax P: Epidemiology of breast cancer in a screened population. Cancer Detect Prev 7: 87-102, 1984
22. Vatten LJ, Kvinnsland S: Body height and risk of breast cancer. Acta Oncol 31: 881-885, 1990
23. Wakai K, Ohno Y, Watanabe S, Sakamoto G, Kasumi F, Suzuki S, Kubo-Fujiwara N: Risk factors for breast cancer among Japanese women in Tokyo: A case-control study. J Epidemiol 4: 65-71, 1994
24. Moore JW, Key TJA, Bulbrook RD, Clark GMG, Allen DS, Wang DY, Pike MC: Sex hormone binding globulin and risk factors for breast cancer in a population of normal women who had never used exogenous sex hormones. Br J Cancer 56: 661-666, 1987
25. Sherman BM, Korenman SG: Measurement of serum LH, FSH, estradiol and progesterone in disorders of the human menstrual cycle: The inadequate luteal phase. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 39: 145-149, 1974
26. Staffa JA, Newschaffer CJ, Jones JK, Miller V: Progestins and breast cancer: An epidemiologic review. Fertil Steril 57: 473-491, 1992
27. Gavaler JS, Deal SR, Van Thiel DH, Arria A, Allan NJ: Alcohol and estrogen levels in postmenopausal women: The spectrum of effect. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 17: 786-790, 1993
28. London S, Willett W, Longcope C, McKinlay S: Alcohol and other dietary factors in relation to serum hormone concentrations in women at climacteric. Am J Clin Nutr 53: 166-171, 1991
29. Reichman ME, Judd JT, Longcope C, Schatzkin A, Clevidence BA, Nair PP, Campbell WS, Taylor PR: Effects of alcohol consumption on plasma and urinary hormone concentrations in premenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst 85: 722-727, 1993
30. Gordon GB, Bush TL, Helzlsouer KJ, Miller SR, Comstock GW: Relationship of serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate to the risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer. Cancer Res 50: 3859-3862, 1990
31. Ebeling P, Koivisto VA: Physiological importance of dehydroepiandrosterone. Lancet 343: 1479-1481, 1994