Body fat distribution and breast cancer risk: Findings from the Nigerian breast cancer study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-574

  Ogundiran, Temidayo O ^a   Huo, Dezheng ^b   Adenipekun, Adeniyi ^a   Campbell, Oladapo ^a   Oyesegun, Rasaaq ^a   Akang, Effiong ^a   Adebamowo, Clement ^c   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Body fat distribution; Breast neoplasms; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84862505591     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-9916-y     Document Type: Article

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